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PA-28 pilot filed VFR flight plan with FSS; activated flight plan after airborne on VHF; but later discovered flight plan had not been activated.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 737656 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200705 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : rfd.airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer II/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time total : 6632 |
| ASRS Report | 737656 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Facility |
| Primary Problem | ATC Facility |
Narrative:
I filed a VFR flight plan with altoona FSS and later activated the flight pan with altoona FSS airborne on 122.2 at XA37 local on may/tue/07. On arrival at N94 I was unable to contact williamsport FSS while airborne on any frequencys at XB57. After landing on the landline; the williamsport FSS informed me the VFR flight plan had not been activated in the computer. This was a night VFR over difficult terrain and as it turns out there was no monitoring of my arrival as I had expected.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA-28 PLT FILED VFR FLT PLAN WITH FSS; ACTIVATED FLT PLAN AFTER AIRBORNE ON VHF; BUT LATER DISCOVERED FLT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN ACTIVATED.
Narrative: I FILED A VFR FLT PLAN WITH ALTOONA FSS AND LATER ACTIVATED THE FLT PAN WITH ALTOONA FSS AIRBORNE ON 122.2 AT XA37 LCL ON MAY/TUE/07. ON ARR AT N94 I WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT WILLIAMSPORT FSS WHILE AIRBORNE ON ANY FREQS AT XB57. AFTER LNDG ON THE LANDLINE; THE WILLIAMSPORT FSS INFORMED ME THE VFR FLT PLAN HAD NOT BEEN ACTIVATED IN THE COMPUTER. THIS WAS A NIGHT VFR OVER DIFFICULT TERRAIN AND AS IT TURNS OUT THERE WAS NO MONITORING OF MY ARR AS I HAD EXPECTED.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.