Flight crew of a B727 found that tower did not have flight plan strips for their clearance due to a ...

Attributes
ACN	432550
Time
Date	199903
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sfo.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Weather Elements	Rain Windshear Turbulence
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : pushback
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 170 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 3500
ASRS Report	432550
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airspace Structure Weather
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Called ground for pushback out of gate, SOP. ATC had no clearance for us and to contact clearance delivery. Told them we had pre departure clearance. He said that 'due to runway change (from west to south operations) several strips were dropped.' called clearance delivery and told we were #8 and to stand by. Clearance told several flts to refile flight plans. Since when does a runway change cause strips to drop?

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A B727 FOUND THAT TWR DID NOT HAVE FLT PLAN STRIPS FOR THEIR CLRNC DUE TO A RWY CHANGE.

Narrative: CALLED GND FOR PUSHBACK OUT OF GATE, SOP. ATC HAD NO CLRNC FOR US AND TO CONTACT CLRNC DELIVERY. TOLD THEM WE HAD PDC. HE SAID THAT 'DUE TO RWY CHANGE (FROM W TO S OPS) SEVERAL STRIPS WERE DROPPED.' CALLED CLRNC DELIVERY AND TOLD WE WERE #8 AND TO STAND BY. CLRNC TOLD SEVERAL FLTS TO REFILE FLT PLANS. SINCE WHEN DOES A RWY CHANGE CAUSE STRIPS TO DROP?

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.

Flight crew of a B727 found that tower did not have flight plan strips for their clearance due to a runway change.