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A captain discovered a routing error during preflight probably caused by a database update the previous night.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 781344 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200803 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| ASRS Report | 781344 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Flight plan/release/filing were sent. Routing was in error. Captain caught the error. Air carrier had planned the routing from btg.J16.PDT.J20.dnj.J16.mcw. Made positive contact with crew to verbally change route. I called center and had them amend to btg.J16.mcw. Flight plan fixes were ok; it was the route text that was the problem. The problem may have been caused by database update occurring overnight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CAPT DISCOVERED A ROUTING ERROR DURING PREFLT PROBABLY CAUSED BY A DATABASE UPDATE THE PREVIOUS NIGHT.
Narrative: FLT PLAN/RELEASE/FILING WERE SENT. ROUTING WAS IN ERROR. CAPT CAUGHT THE ERROR. ACR HAD PLANNED THE ROUTING FROM BTG.J16.PDT.J20.DNJ.J16.MCW. MADE POSITIVE CONTACT WITH CREW TO VERBALLY CHANGE RTE. I CALLED CTR AND HAD THEM AMEND TO BTG.J16.MCW. FLT PLAN FIXES WERE OK; IT WAS THE RTE TEXT THAT WAS THE PROB. THE PROB MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY DATABASE UPDATE OCCURRING OVERNIGHT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.