Falcon 20 flew from mexico to san through the ADIZ without filing a flight plan. His excuse was the ...

Attributes
ACN	358970
Time
Date	199701
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sdm airport : mmtj
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : san
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Falcon 20FJF/20C/20D/20E/20F
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	358970
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Flight made from tijuana, mexico (mmtj) to sdm, ca. Flight was VFR after tower closed at mmtj to sdm where tower was also closed. San approach control was contacted prior to landing at sdm. A VFR flight plan was not filed, however, united states customs were contacted prior to departure from mexico. Also, per san FSS, the only reason the VFR flight plan is needed is to advise united states customs of your arrival. Also, phone contact was attempted from tijuana, mexico, to san FSS. However, crew was unable to get through to file flight plan. Also, mexican officials were closed at tijuana, mexico, so they were unable to file a flight plan. The company contacted united states customs of our arrival time because of the flight planning problem. Also, calls to san FSS said they would not file a flight plan from mexico to united states. That would be a function of mexico. Since they were closed this was not possible. Also, the total flight is a distance less than 3 mi. Opening a flight plan with this distance would be unsafe. Contact was made with san approach advising of our situation and landing airport. Also, united states customs had no problem with what happened. Solution: possible advance filing made through a united states FSS.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FALCON 20 FLEW FROM MEXICO TO SAN THROUGH THE ADIZ WITHOUT FILING A FLT PLAN. HIS EXCUSE WAS THE MEXICAN FACILITY WAS CLOSED AND HE WAS UNABLE TO FILE UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.

Narrative: FLT MADE FROM TIJUANA, MEXICO (MMTJ) TO SDM, CA. FLT WAS VFR AFTER TWR CLOSED AT MMTJ TO SDM WHERE TWR WAS ALSO CLOSED. SAN APCH CTL WAS CONTACTED PRIOR TO LNDG AT SDM. A VFR FLT PLAN WAS NOT FILED, HOWEVER, UNITED STATES CUSTOMS WERE CONTACTED PRIOR TO DEP FROM MEXICO. ALSO, PER SAN FSS, THE ONLY REASON THE VFR FLT PLAN IS NEEDED IS TO ADVISE UNITED STATES CUSTOMS OF YOUR ARR. ALSO, PHONE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTED FROM TIJUANA, MEXICO, TO SAN FSS. HOWEVER, CREW WAS UNABLE TO GET THROUGH TO FILE FLT PLAN. ALSO, MEXICAN OFFICIALS WERE CLOSED AT TIJUANA, MEXICO, SO THEY WERE UNABLE TO FILE A FLT PLAN. THE COMPANY CONTACTED UNITED STATES CUSTOMS OF OUR ARR TIME BECAUSE OF THE FLT PLANNING PROB. ALSO, CALLS TO SAN FSS SAID THEY WOULD NOT FILE A FLT PLAN FROM MEXICO TO UNITED STATES. THAT WOULD BE A FUNCTION OF MEXICO. SINCE THEY WERE CLOSED THIS WAS NOT POSSIBLE. ALSO, THE TOTAL FLT IS A DISTANCE LESS THAN 3 MI. OPENING A FLT PLAN WITH THIS DISTANCE WOULD BE UNSAFE. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH SAN APCH ADVISING OF OUR SIT AND LNDG ARPT. ALSO, UNITED STATES CUSTOMS HAD NO PROB WITH WHAT HAPPENED. SOLUTION: POSSIBLE ADVANCE FILING MADE THROUGH A UNITED STATES FSS.

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.

Falcon 20 flew from mexico to san through the ADIZ without filing a flight plan. His excuse was the mexican facility was closed and he was unable to file until the next day.