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ATCT controller at pit tower claims a commuter airline files incorrect altitudes on daily flight plans.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 455724 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199911 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : pit.tower |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : pit.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Beech 1900 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : clearance delivery |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| ASRS Report | 455724 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Company ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
This commuter airline, air carrier X, a commuter airline for a company, routinely and incorrectly files through a canned flight plan wrong altitude for direction of flight to youngstown and morgantown out of pit. No reason for those altitudes on a day-to-day basis. Just incorrect requested altitude for direction of flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ATCT CTLR AT PIT TWR CLAIMS A COMMUTER AIRLINE FILES INCORRECT ALTS ON DAILY FLT PLANS.
Narrative: THIS COMMUTER AIRLINE, ACR X, A COMMUTER AIRLINE FOR A COMPANY, ROUTINELY AND INCORRECTLY FILES THROUGH A CANNED FLT PLAN WRONG ALT FOR DIRECTION OF FLT TO YOUNGSTOWN AND MORGANTOWN OUT OF PIT. NO REASON FOR THOSE ALTS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS. JUST INCORRECT REQUESTED ALT FOR DIRECTION OF FLT.
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.