<< >> NASA ASRS Report 460320, January 2000

When company dispatcher could not receive temperature and dewpoint from the ags ASOS, he used the readings from an ASOS 7 mi away.

Attributes
ACN	460320
Time
Date	200001
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ags.airport
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Dawn
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
ASRS Report	460320
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : dispatcher
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

On jan/xa/00, the ags ASOS was not reporting temperature/dewpoint in the hourly sequence. All other data was present. In lieu of this data, we operated using temperature/dewpoint data from dnf. This airport is 7 SM northwest and 200 ft higher in elevation than ags. It now appears that data from the station we were operating must be used. If not available from an approved source, operations should have been suspended.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WHEN COMPANY DISPATCHER COULD NOT RECEIVE TEMP AND DEWPOINT FROM THE AGS ASOS, HE USED THE READINGS FROM AN ASOS 7 MI AWAY.

Narrative: ON JAN/XA/00, THE AGS ASOS WAS NOT RPTING TEMP/DEWPOINT IN THE HRLY SEQUENCE. ALL OTHER DATA WAS PRESENT. IN LIEU OF THIS DATA, WE OPERATED USING TEMP/DEWPOINT DATA FROM DNF. THIS ARPT IS 7 SM NW AND 200 FT HIGHER IN ELEVATION THAN AGS. IT NOW APPEARS THAT DATA FROM THE STATION WE WERE OPERATING MUST BE USED. IF NOT AVAILABLE FROM AN APPROVED SOURCE, OPS SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED.

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.