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Due to WX forecast at destination, a DH8 crew en route realized that an alternate airport needed to be filed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 525460 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200109 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phl.airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Dash 8 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 8000 |
| ASRS Report | 525460 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Flight Crew Human Performance Airport |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Flight departed phl international. Dispatcher and I overlooked the temperature in the destination forecast that required an alternate to be filed. I discovered the oversight en route, called dispatch and had an alternate filed and received a WX brief. Flight proceeded to destination and landed with ATIS of 4 mi visibility in 'br.' alternate filed en route was hpn with good WX. Was the 6TH leg of a 13.5 hour day with good WX during day. Higher level of pressure after sep/tue/01 and additional details to new airport and company procedures.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DUE TO WX FORECAST AT DEST, A DH8 CREW ENRTE REALIZED THAT AN ALTERNATE ARPT NEEDED TO BE FILED.
Narrative: FLT DEPARTED PHL INTL. DISPATCHER AND I OVERLOOKED THE TEMP IN THE DEST FORECAST THAT REQUIRED AN ALTERNATE TO BE FILED. I DISCOVERED THE OVERSIGHT ENRTE, CALLED DISPATCH AND HAD AN ALTERNATE FILED AND RECEIVED A WX BRIEF. FLT PROCEEDED TO DEST AND LANDED WITH ATIS OF 4 MI VISIBILITY IN 'BR.' ALTERNATE FILED ENRTE WAS HPN WITH GOOD WX. WAS THE 6TH LEG OF A 13.5 HR DAY WITH GOOD WX DURING DAY. HIGHER LEVEL OF PRESSURE AFTER SEP/TUE/01 AND ADDITIONAL DETAILS TO NEW ARPT AND COMPANY PROCS.
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.