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A dispatcher and the air carrier flight crew report that they operated a twin engine turbojet into a foreign airport with a critical NAVAID OTS.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 433770 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199904 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sequ.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other |
| ASRS Report | 433770 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 1800 |
| ASRS Report | 433780 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : disp. 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Company |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Flight followed another air carrier flight to uio with qms VOR outage against our operations specifications. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the dispatcher said that the operations specifications document has now been changed to allow different approachs and the VOR is no longer required to be operational if other navaids are available. This company has resumed normal flight service to this foreign airport. Supplemental information from acn 433780: company specifications state it is authority/authorized for a qit VOR ILS runway 35 approach into quito. VOR had been notamed inoperative. We were given radar vectors for the ILS approach which was completed without any problem. FMC was available at the time. Dispatch did not provide us with the proper NOTAM.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DISPATCHER AND THE ACR FLC RPT THAT THEY OPERATED A TWIN ENG TURBOJET INTO A FOREIGN ARPT WITH A CRITICAL NAVAID OTS.
Narrative: FLT FOLLOWED ANOTHER ACR FLT TO UIO WITH QMS VOR OUTAGE AGAINST OUR OPS SPECS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE DISPATCHER SAID THAT THE OPS SPECS DOCUMENT HAS NOW BEEN CHANGED TO ALLOW DIFFERENT APCHS AND THE VOR IS NO LONGER REQUIRED TO BE OPERATIONAL IF OTHER NAVAIDS ARE AVAILABLE. THIS COMPANY HAS RESUMED NORMAL FLT SVC TO THIS FOREIGN ARPT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 433780: COMPANY SPECS STATE IT IS AUTH FOR A QIT VOR ILS RWY 35 APCH INTO QUITO. VOR HAD BEEN NOTAMED INOP. WE WERE GIVEN RADAR VECTORS FOR THE ILS APCH WHICH WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT ANY PROB. FMC WAS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME. DISPATCH DID NOT PROVIDE US WITH THE PROPER NOTAM.
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.