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Flight crew of a heavy transport cargo aircraft failed to follow their actual ATC clearance causing ATC intervention to question their turning off airway for a direct routing as originally flight planned.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 374310 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199707 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : etx |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 20000 msl bound upper : 20000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 374310 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other |
| Consequence | Other |
Narrative:
Omega flight plan was for eliot intersection, direct etx, direct air. ATC route was eliot direct etx, J80, air. When we turned after etx to go to air, ATC told us to turn back to 'left for traffic' and asked why we were off J80. We advised of flight plan -- no further incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A HVT CARGO ACFT FAILED TO FOLLOW THEIR ACTUAL ATC CLRNC CAUSING ATC INTERVENTION TO QUESTION THEIR TURNING OFF AIRWAY FOR A DIRECT ROUTING AS ORIGINALLY FLT PLANNED.
Narrative: OMEGA FLT PLAN WAS FOR ELIOT INTXN, DIRECT ETX, DIRECT AIR. ATC RTE WAS ELIOT DIRECT ETX, J80, AIR. WHEN WE TURNED AFTER ETX TO GO TO AIR, ATC TOLD US TO TURN BACK TO 'L FOR TFC' AND ASKED WHY WE WERE OFF J80. WE ADVISED OF FLT PLAN -- NO FURTHER INCIDENT.
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.