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When unable to obtain deviation clearance from ZDC due to WX, B757 captain exercises emergency command authority/authorized, returning to assigned route 4 mins after initiating deviation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 546684 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200205 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | intersection : bacus |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | msl single value : 4000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdc.artcc tower : sat.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 546684 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : exited adverse environment flight crew : returned to intended or assigned course flight crew : took evasive action other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Weather Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
Approaching bacus intersection at cbs at XA08Z, crossed airway. Requested divert at bacus. ATC indicated that it would be approved. Asked several times without clearance to divert. Declared emergency, turned 15 degrees right, rejoined airway south of bacus. Terminated emergency at XA12Z. Remainder of flight uneventful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: WHEN UNABLE TO OBTAIN DEV CLRNC FROM ZDC DUE TO WX, B757 CAPT EXERCISES EMER COMMAND AUTH, RETURNING TO ASSIGNED RTE 4 MINS AFTER INITIATING DEV.
Narrative: APCHING BACUS INTXN AT CBS AT XA08Z, CROSSED AIRWAY. REQUESTED DIVERT AT BACUS. ATC INDICATED THAT IT WOULD BE APPROVED. ASKED SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT CLRNC TO DIVERT. DECLARED EMER, TURNED 15 DEGS R, REJOINED AIRWAY S OF BACUS. TERMINATED EMER AT XA12Z. REMAINDER OF FLT UNEVENTFUL.
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.