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A different than normal route is filed by dispatch because of WX. The flight crew does not notice the difference until confusion over routing occurs during the handoff to departure control.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 525050 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200109 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : rap.airport |
| State Reference | SD |
| Altitude | msl single value : 8000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | BAe 146 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 525050 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We left rapid city to denver. The first officer copied the clearance and was told cleared as filed. He loaded the FMS with our standard flight plan. However, dispatch had refiled us for a different route because of WX. Neither one of us caught the different first fix. The rest of the flight plan was basically the same. On takeoff tower gave us a heading to our normal first fix. Only on the handoff to ellsworth did we realize they expected us to go to a different fix. Obviously, we should have been more vigilant checking the flight plan, but I feel and in fact I have imparted to dispatch that when they change the flight plan, there should be no surprises and maybe the release should be flagged or we should be notified by phone, something out of the ordinary.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DIFFERENT THAN NORMAL RTE IS FILED BY DISPATCH BECAUSE OF WX. THE FLT CREW DOES NOT NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE UNTIL CONFUSION OVER ROUTING OCCURS DURING THE HDOF TO DEP CTL.
Narrative: WE LEFT RAPID CITY TO DENVER. THE FO COPIED THE CLRNC AND WAS TOLD CLRED AS FILED. HE LOADED THE FMS WITH OUR STANDARD FLT PLAN. HOWEVER, DISPATCH HAD REFILED US FOR A DIFFERENT RTE BECAUSE OF WX. NEITHER ONE OF US CAUGHT THE DIFFERENT FIRST FIX. THE REST OF THE FLT PLAN WAS BASICALLY THE SAME. ON TKOF TWR GAVE US A HEADING TO OUR NORMAL FIRST FIX. ONLY ON THE HDOF TO ELLSWORTH DID WE REALIZE THEY EXPECTED US TO GO TO A DIFFERENT FIX. OBVIOUSLY, WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE VIGILANT CHKING THE FLT PLAN, BUT I FEEL AND IN FACT I HAVE IMPARTED TO DISPATCH THAT WHEN THEY CHANGE THE FLT PLAN, THERE SHOULD BE NO SURPRISES AND MAYBE THE RELEASE SHOULD BE FLAGGED OR WE SHOULD BE NOTIFIED BY PHONE, SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
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.