An air carrier flight crew was delayed more than 2 hours because of a mechanical problem with the aircraft. Their flight plan dropped out of the air traffic system after 2 hours and nobody remembered to refile it. This was discovered after takeoff and the flight plan was refiled in the air.

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Attributes
ACN	346130
Time
Date	199608
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zfw tracon : dfw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : takeoff cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	346130
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	346129
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Flight was to depart dfw to msp at XA23Z. Because of a mechanical delay we departed the gate at XC06Z and were off at XC43Z. When we contacted departure control they had no record of us. We had a pre departure clearance clearance from ACARS that we got just before gate departure. After much discussion with departure control and ZFW we finally got our flight plan back in the system. Apparently our flight plan timed out at XC23Z, between our out and off event. Is it our responsibility to keep it updated or the company's?

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR FLC WAS DELAYED MORE THAN 2 HRS BECAUSE OF A MECHANICAL PROB WITH THE ACFT. THEIR FLT PLAN DROPPED OUT OF THE AIR TFC SYS AFTER 2 HRS AND NOBODY REMEMBERED TO REFILE IT. THIS WAS DISCOVERED AFTER TKOF AND THE FLT PLAN WAS REFILED IN THE AIR.

Narrative: FLT WAS TO DEPART DFW TO MSP AT XA23Z. BECAUSE OF A MECHANICAL DELAY WE DEPARTED THE GATE AT XC06Z AND WERE OFF AT XC43Z. WHEN WE CONTACTED DEP CTL THEY HAD NO RECORD OF US. WE HAD A PDC CLRNC FROM ACARS THAT WE GOT JUST BEFORE GATE DEP. AFTER MUCH DISCUSSION WITH DEP CTL AND ZFW WE FINALLY GOT OUR FLT PLAN BACK IN THE SYS. APPARENTLY OUR FLT PLAN TIMED OUT AT XC23Z, BTWN OUR OUT AND OFF EVENT. IS IT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP IT UPDATED OR THE COMPANY'S?

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.