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A C172 pilot failed to file a complete flight plan after diverting to an alternate airport on an instrument training flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 839425 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200906 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Trainee |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 265 Flight Crew Type 240 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I was receiving recurrent instrument training from my cfii. We diverted to a separate airport due to a runway closure. We had not filed a flight plan from this airport to our home base. We asked ground control if we could file a flight plan with him; to save time. Ground control told us to standby for a moment; and then immediately came back with our clearance; without me telling him any of our flight specific information. Upon receiving said clearance; I quickly ran over my blank flight plan form; telling him the information I did not give to him; such as our alternate; souls on board; etc. However; I did not mention our estimated time enroute. While the weather was MVFR; had I done the same thing on a flight with IFR; and we lost comms; this omission could have presented a logistical challenge; as ATC and my cfii and I would have not known when I would have commenced the approach from the IAF in a no radio situation. For a corrective action; we should have gone into the FBO and filled with FSS; and not been a rush to get home and 'file' our clearance in a non-standard way.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A C172 pilot failed to file a complete flight plan after diverting to an alternate airport on an instrument training flight.
Narrative: I was receiving recurrent instrument training from my CFII. We diverted to a separate airport due to a runway closure. We had not filed a flight plan from this airport to our home base. We asked ground control if we could file a flight plan with him; to save time. Ground control told us to standby for a moment; and then immediately came back with our clearance; without me telling him any of our flight specific information. Upon receiving said clearance; I quickly ran over my blank flight plan form; telling him the information I did not give to him; such as our alternate; souls on board; etc. However; I did not mention our estimated time enroute. While the weather was MVFR; had I done the same thing on a flight with IFR; and we lost COMMs; this omission could have presented a logistical challenge; as ATC and my CFII and I would have not known when I would have commenced the approach from the IAF in a no radio situation. For a corrective action; we should have gone into the FBO and filled with FSS; and not been a rush to get home and 'file' our clearance in a non-standard way.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.