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Ground controller described a confused flight plan status event when an IFR departure was initially handled as a VFR but changed after the IFR status was verified.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 992810 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201202 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Stationair/Turbo Stationair 6 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Ground |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
A C206 called ground control requesting taxi instructions to the active runway. The C206 did not state he was IFR or VFR; I taxied the aircraft to the runway and told the aircraft to contact local control. I later saw the C206 was IFR. I immediately called the TRACON and got an IFR heading and told the local controller. Pilots [should] understand the importance of forwarding the correct flight plan status to ATC.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Ground Controller described a confused Flight Plan status event when an IFR departure was initially handled as a VFR but changed after the IFR status was verified.
Narrative: A C206 called Ground Control requesting taxi instructions to the active runway. The C206 did not state he was IFR or VFR; I taxied the aircraft to the runway and told the aircraft to contact Local Control. I later saw the C206 was IFR. I immediately called the TRACON and got an IFR heading and told the Local Controller. Pilots [should] understand the importance of forwarding the correct Flight Plan status to ATC.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.