A flight crew disregarded the advice of its dispatcher.

Attributes
ACN	270526
Time
Date	199405
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other descent other landing other
Route In Use	arrival other enroute : atlantic enroute : other oceanic
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
ASRS Report	270526
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

The said flight sent me a message that engine anti-ice was not operating. We had communicated via the ACARS unit for about 10 mins while I was checking to see if I could get flight into the new york terminal area. Response time from the flight was very rapid. But when I told the flight I had many PIREPS of icing and confirmed this with our meteorological department, he cut off communications and landed anyway. The system of joint responsibility between pilots and dispatchers only works when both parties are willing to listen to the other.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A FLC DISREGARDED THE ADVICE OF ITS DISPATCHER.

Narrative: THE SAID FLT SENT ME A MESSAGE THAT ENG ANTI-ICE WAS NOT OPERATING. WE HAD COMMUNICATED VIA THE ACARS UNIT FOR ABOUT 10 MINS WHILE I WAS CHKING TO SEE IF I COULD GET FLT INTO THE NEW YORK TERMINAL AREA. RESPONSE TIME FROM THE FLT WAS VERY RAPID. BUT WHEN I TOLD THE FLT I HAD MANY PIREPS OF ICING AND CONFIRMED THIS WITH OUR METEOROLOGICAL DEPT, HE CUT OFF COMS AND LANDED ANYWAY. THE SYS OF JOINT RESPONSIBILITY BTWN PLTS AND DISPATCHERS ONLY WORKS WHEN BOTH PARTIES ARE WILLING TO LISTEN TO THE OTHER.

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.