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Flight crew of a BE1900 commuter failed to cancel their IFR flight plan after landing at an airport with the tower closed for the night. Since it was a scheduled commuter, the company was able to reach the captain at his hotel for flight plan closure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 467060 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200003 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : eyw.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Beech 1900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : post flt. |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| ASRS Report | 467060 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
After landing with visual approach, captain went inside and I did the walkaround check of the aircraft. When inside I saw the captain on the phone and figured he was closing the flight plan. Nothing was said to me, until the next morning. I will make sure that I confirm with the captain that the flight plan is closed. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated that the airport to which they made their scheduled landing was key west, fl. Even though they are always on an IFR flight plan, the company policy is for the crew to close the flight plan after landing when the control tower is closed for the night. The company reached the captain in his hotel room to confirm flight landed ok and that the flight plan could be officially closed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A BE1900 COMMUTER FAILED TO CANCEL THEIR IFR FLT PLAN AFTER LNDG AT AN ARPT WITH THE TWR CLOSED FOR THE NIGHT. SINCE IT WAS A SCHEDULED COMMUTER, THE COMPANY WAS ABLE TO REACH THE CAPT AT HIS HOTEL FOR FLT PLAN CLOSURE.
Narrative: AFTER LNDG WITH VISUAL APCH, CAPT WENT INSIDE AND I DID THE WALKAROUND CHK OF THE ACFT. WHEN INSIDE I SAW THE CAPT ON THE PHONE AND FIGURED HE WAS CLOSING THE FLT PLAN. NOTHING WAS SAID TO ME, UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING. I WILL MAKE SURE THAT I CONFIRM WITH THE CAPT THAT THE FLT PLAN IS CLOSED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE ARPT TO WHICH THEY MADE THEIR SCHEDULED LNDG WAS KEY WEST, FL. EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE ALWAYS ON AN IFR FLT PLAN, THE COMPANY POLICY IS FOR THE CREW TO CLOSE THE FLT PLAN AFTER LNDG WHEN THE CTL TWR IS CLOSED FOR THE NIGHT. THE COMPANY REACHED THE CAPT IN HIS HOTEL ROOM TO CONFIRM FLT LANDED OK AND THAT THE FLT PLAN COULD BE OFFICIALLY CLOSED.
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.