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An MD80 is redispatched to mci when the dispatcher cannot calculate a rerte to the original destination of msp with the fuel on board.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 428100 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199902 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dfw.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zkc.artcc tower : sfo.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : ns.airway |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel oversight : coordinator |
| Qualification | other |
| ASRS Report | 428100 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : fuel gauges other flight crewa other other : cgp1 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
The flight was off dfw at XX44Z and at XY13Z I received a message via ACARS with a rerte. I built the route and was not able to calculate a flight plan with the reported departure fuel. With insufficient fuel to fly the planned destination of msp, I redispatched the flight to mci.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD80 IS REDISPATCHED TO MCI WHEN THE DISPATCHER CANNOT CALCULATE A RERTE TO THE ORIGINAL DEST OF MSP WITH THE FUEL ON BOARD.
Narrative: THE FLT WAS OFF DFW AT XX44Z AND AT XY13Z I RECEIVED A MESSAGE VIA ACARS WITH A RERTE. I BUILT THE RTE AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CALCULATE A FLT PLAN WITH THE RPTED DEP FUEL. WITH INSUFFICIENT FUEL TO FLY THE PLANNED DEST OF MSP, I REDISPATCHED THE FLT TO MCI.
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.