An airline dispatcher has to change the destination airport for a previously dispatched flight since the fuel requirements for an alternate airport were not available. Dispatcher had misread the WX forecast.

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Attributes
ACN	457520
Time
Date	199912
Day	Tue
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzz.artcc tower : ind.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
ASRS Report	457520
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	other other : 1
Resolutory Action	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather Environmental Factor Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

Released flight without alternate. Due to other circumstances happening, I missed the occasional broken 015 degrees in forecast. Upon spotting my error, I released flight to a different destination within fuel range of aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN AIRLINE DISPATCHER HAS TO CHANGE THE DEST ARPT FOR A PREVIOUSLY DISPATCHED FLT SINCE THE FUEL REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ALTERNATE ARPT WERE NOT AVAILABLE. DISPATCHER HAD MISREAD THE WX FORECAST.

Narrative: RELEASED FLT WITHOUT ALTERNATE. DUE TO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES HAPPENING, I MISSED THE OCCASIONAL BROKEN 015 DEGS IN FORECAST. UPON SPOTTING MY ERROR, I RELEASED FLT TO A DIFFERENT DEST WITHIN FUEL RANGE OF ACFT.

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.