Air carrier flight was cleared to operate overwater in non overwater aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	466594
Time
Date	200003
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zjx.artcc
State Reference	FL
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zjx.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Route In Use	enroute airway : ar1.airway
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
ASRS Report	466594
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : radar
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	faa : investigated
Supplementary
Problem Areas	FAA Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

The flight was planned on an inland route because the aircraft was not overwater equipped. I observed via the aircraft situational display that the flight was proceeding down what appeared to be airway AR1. An ACARS message was sent to the flight informing them to reconfirm route of flight. The message was acknowledged. The captain called on the phone after arrival in mia and stated he did not go beyond 50 NM offshore. After the conversation, I reconfirmed the asd information with ZJX. The flight was cleared on AR1 by ZDC.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR FLT WAS CLRED TO OPERATE OVERWATER IN NON OVERWATER ACFT.

Narrative: THE FLT WAS PLANNED ON AN INLAND RTE BECAUSE THE ACFT WAS NOT OVERWATER EQUIPPED. I OBSERVED VIA THE ACFT SITUATIONAL DISPLAY THAT THE FLT WAS PROCEEDING DOWN WHAT APPEARED TO BE AIRWAY AR1. AN ACARS MESSAGE WAS SENT TO THE FLT INFORMING THEM TO RECONFIRM RTE OF FLT. THE MESSAGE WAS ACKNOWLEDGED. THE CAPT CALLED ON THE PHONE AFTER ARR IN MIA AND STATED HE DID NOT GO BEYOND 50 NM OFFSHORE. AFTER THE CONVERSATION, I RECONFIRMED THE ASD INFO WITH ZJX. THE FLT WAS CLRED ON AR1 BY ZDC.

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.