Flight crew of an large transport threatened an emergency to deviate from assigned flight plan route...

Attributes
ACN	318281
Time
Date	199510
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : gni
State Reference	LA
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute airway : a626 enroute other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	318281
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : exited adverse environment other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather

Narrative:

Route deviation due to WX in non radar environment. Routed by dispatch into large area of WX just north of sword intersection. Requested new route towards barrow then to gls. ZHU through phone patch said they were unable that route due to traffic. I informed them we could not follow our route due to severe WX ahead and informed them I would declare emergency if necessary and go towards barrow. Controller on 132.65 then cleared us on requested route. I never did declare emergency. But controller may have had to move other traffic to accommodate us.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF AN LGT THREATENED AN EMER TO DEVIATE FROM ASSIGNED FLT PLAN RTE TO AVOID WX.

Narrative: RTE DEV DUE TO WX IN NON RADAR ENVIRONMENT. ROUTED BY DISPATCH INTO LARGE AREA OF WX JUST N OF SWORD INTXN. REQUESTED NEW RTE TOWARDS BARROW THEN TO GLS. ZHU THROUGH PHONE PATCH SAID THEY WERE UNABLE THAT RTE DUE TO TFC. I INFORMED THEM WE COULD NOT FOLLOW OUR RTE DUE TO SEVERE WX AHEAD AND INFORMED THEM I WOULD DECLARE EMER IF NECESSARY AND GO TOWARDS BARROW. CTLR ON 132.65 THEN CLRED US ON REQUESTED RTE. I NEVER DID DECLARE EMER. BUT CTLR MAY HAVE HAD TO MOVE OTHER TFC TO ACCOMMODATE US.

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.

Flight crew of an large transport threatened an emergency to deviate from assigned flight plan route to avoid WX.