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Company dispatcher of an medium large transport had not been notified by the flight crew that they had landed at a different alternate airport other than airports designated in the dispatch flight release due to WX at both airports going below WX minimums. The reporter learned of the flight's location from the station agents where the aircraft landed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 426350 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199901 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tpa |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Flight Phase | landing other other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 426350 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Captain exercised emergency authority/authorized to divert to airport not on planned release (tpa). Flight planned cle-srq with rsw as alternate. WX at 3400 ft broken srq as flight descended through 10000 ft on arrival. WX dropped to 1/4 mi before flight landed. ATC told captain that WX was as bad at planned alternate (rsw). Captain diverted to tpa without notifying dispatch for re- release. Dispatch was notified by station operations at tpa as flight arrived. Dispatcher contacted captain to request report of deviation via irregularity report to company flight operations division.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: COMPANY DISPATCHER OF AN MLG HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE FLC THAT THEY HAD LANDED AT A DIFFERENT ALTERNATE ARPT OTHER THAN ARPTS DESIGNATED IN THE DISPATCH FLT RELEASE DUE TO WX AT BOTH ARPTS GOING BELOW WX MINIMUMS. THE RPTR LEARNED OF THE FLT'S LOCATION FROM THE STATION AGENTS WHERE THE ACFT LANDED.
Narrative: CAPT EXERCISED EMER AUTH TO DIVERT TO ARPT NOT ON PLANNED RELEASE (TPA). FLT PLANNED CLE-SRQ WITH RSW AS ALTERNATE. WX AT 3400 FT BROKEN SRQ AS FLT DSNDED THROUGH 10000 FT ON ARR. WX DROPPED TO 1/4 MI BEFORE FLT LANDED. ATC TOLD CAPT THAT WX WAS AS BAD AT PLANNED ALTERNATE (RSW). CAPT DIVERTED TO TPA WITHOUT NOTIFYING DISPATCH FOR RE- RELEASE. DISPATCH WAS NOTIFIED BY STATION OPS AT TPA AS FLT ARRIVED. DISPATCHER CONTACTED CAPT TO REQUEST RPT OF DEV VIA IRREGULARITY RPT TO COMPANY FLT OPS DIVISION.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.