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A C172 commercial pilot is notified by ZMA that action may be taken for pilot not updating his ETA at fxe. Aircraft was 45 mins overdue.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 460440 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200001 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fxe.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | Turbulence Windshear |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi ground : parked landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 4600 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 460440 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : turbulence inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : assigned or threatened penalties faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
VFR flight plan filed and activated eyw upon departure. Requested and received flight following during entire route of flight. On arrival at fxe, I requested and received confirmation that tower would close my flight plan. Flight took approximately 45 mins longer due to headwinds than anticipated. ZMA called our office complaining and threatening action as flight plan had not been updated with FSS en route. This pilot assumed that since flight following was in use that an update was established. (No link is made I am told by center, even though a flight plan was active.)
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A C172 COMMERCIAL PLT IS NOTIFIED BY ZMA THAT ACTION MAY BE TAKEN FOR PLT NOT UPDATING HIS ETA AT FXE. ACFT WAS 45 MINS OVERDUE.
Narrative: VFR FLT PLAN FILED AND ACTIVATED EYW UPON DEP. REQUESTED AND RECEIVED FLT FOLLOWING DURING ENTIRE RTE OF FLT. ON ARR AT FXE, I REQUESTED AND RECEIVED CONFIRMATION THAT TWR WOULD CLOSE MY FLT PLAN. FLT TOOK APPROX 45 MINS LONGER DUE TO HEADWINDS THAN ANTICIPATED. ZMA CALLED OUR OFFICE COMPLAINING AND THREATENING ACTION AS FLT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN UPDATED WITH FSS ENRTE. THIS PLT ASSUMED THAT SINCE FLT FOLLOWING WAS IN USE THAT AN UPDATE WAS ESTABLISHED. (NO LINK IS MADE I AM TOLD BY CTR, EVEN THOUGH A FLT PLAN WAS ACTIVE.)
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.