An air carrier flight crew deviated for weather in gander oceanic airspace without a clearance.

Attributes
ACN	1281730
Time
Date	201507
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	CZQX.ARTCC
State Reference	NF
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Widebody Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 247 Flight Crew Total 13867 Flight Crew Type 11603
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 193 Flight Crew Total 1569 Flight Crew Type 1569
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

Approaching 4540N in gander oceanic airspace. A weather deviation 10 miles left of track. Was back on track by 4540n. Gander control questioned deviation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier flight crew deviated for weather in Gander Oceanic Airspace without a clearance.

Narrative: Approaching 4540N in Gander Oceanic airspace. A weather deviation 10 miles left of track. Was back on track by 4540n. Gander Control questioned deviation.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.