Captain flew into 'special' airport without proper training.

Attributes
ACN	247773
Time
Date	199307
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : gig
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : gig
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 13000
ASRS Report	247773
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Filed and flew into a special airport without proper training. Mia to rio de janeiro. Rio de janeiro is a special airport. Recommend more awareness by operations and dispatch in advising the crews as to special airports. I did not know it was a special airport until after the fact.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT FLEW INTO 'SPECIAL' ARPT WITHOUT PROPER TRAINING.

Narrative: FILED AND FLEW INTO A SPECIAL ARPT WITHOUT PROPER TRAINING. MIA TO RIO DE JANEIRO. RIO DE JANEIRO IS A SPECIAL ARPT. RECOMMEND MORE AWARENESS BY OPS AND DISPATCH IN ADVISING THE CREWS AS TO SPECIAL ARPTS. I DID NOT KNOW IT WAS A SPECIAL ARPT UNTIL AFTER THE FACT.

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.