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A B767-300 flight crew refuses a vector from ZJX, fl, that would take the aircraft into a hazardous area of severe WX. Flight crew exercises emergency authority/authorized to obtain necessary heading for safety.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 377155 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199708 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : crg |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 37000 msl bound upper : 37000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zjx |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 377155 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : exited adverse environment flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Exercised emergency authority/authorized to decline an ATC vector into severe WX. Controller advised he was unable to communicate with the controling authority/authorized of an adjacent restr area. This was clearly a case of air safety being jeopardized by the ATC/military restr area system.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767-300 FLC REFUSES A VECTOR FROM ZJX, FL, THAT WOULD TAKE THE ACFT INTO A HAZARDOUS AREA OF SEVERE WX. FLC EXERCISES EMER AUTH TO OBTAIN NECESSARY HDG FOR SAFETY.
Narrative: EXERCISED EMER AUTH TO DECLINE AN ATC VECTOR INTO SEVERE WX. CTLR ADVISED HE WAS UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE CTLING AUTH OF AN ADJACENT RESTR AREA. THIS WAS CLRLY A CASE OF AIR SAFETY BEING JEOPARDIZED BY THE ATC/MIL RESTR AREA SYS.
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.