A CL60 CHARTER FLT IS DELAYED ENRTE WHEN ATC FINDS THEY HAVE NOT COMPLIED WITH THE MANDATES OF NOTAM/FDC1/0613 WHICH REQUIRED A 'T' BEFORE THE ACFT CALL SIGN IN FLT PLAN; WHEN OVER GVE; VA.

Date: 2001-10 · Aircraft: Regional Jet CL65; Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: descent

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-other-unknown|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|other-acft-id

Synopsis

A CL60 CHARTER FLT IS DELAYED ENRTE WHEN ATC FINDS THEY HAVE NOT COMPLIED WITH THE MANDATES OF NOTAM/FDC1/0613 WHICH REQUIRED A 'T' BEFORE THE ACFT CALL SIGN IN FLT PLAN; WHEN OVER GVE; VA.

Narrative

DUTY DAY STARTED OCT XA45Z AT KIAH. DEPARTED KIAH IFR FLT PLAN TO KSUS; 14CFR PART 135 POSITIONING FLT. AT KSUS; AN IFR FLT PLAN FROM KSUS TO KTEB WAS FILED WITH LCL FSS VIA TELEPHONE WHILE WAITING FOR PAX TO SHOW. WX AND NOTAMS WERE CHKED AT KSUS. RECEIVED KTEB NOTAM D ADVISING 14 CFR PART 91 OPS NOT AUTH AT KTEB. IF CLRNC WAS RECEIVED VIA KSUS GND CTL PRIOR TO ENG START. THE CLRNC LIMIT WAS DEST KTEB. ATC CLRED US TO KTEB. HDOF TO KANSAS CITY ARTCC. HDOF TO INDIANAPOLIS ARTCC. HDOF TO WASHINGTON ARTCC. WASHINGTON ARTCC. WASHINGTON ARTCC ADVISED THERE WAS A PROB WITH OUR FLT PLAN AND WE COULD NOT LAND KTEB. CTLR STATED THE FLT PLAN DID NOT SHOW A 'T' PREFIX TO THE ACFT CALL SIGN AS REQUIRED BY NOTAM! FDC 1/0613. ACFT WAS HELD OVER GORDONSVILLE (GVE) AT FL410 WHILE CLRNC ISSUE WAS WORKED OUT BY WASHINGTON ARTCC. WE PROVIDED 14 CFR PART 135 CERTIFICATE NUMBER; COMPANY NAME; AND TELEPHONE NUMBER. AFTER APPROX 20 MIN DELAY; ACFT WAS CLEARED ON COURSE AS FILED AND LANDED KTEB. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THIS OCCURRENCE WERE: FLT CREW WAS NOT ADVISED OF THIS TRIP UNTIL FRIDAY AT XB 30Z; ONLY 5 HRS 15 MINS PRIOR TO START OF DUTY. THIS LEFT NO TIME FOR PROPER PREFLT PLANNING. FLT CREW WAS SUFFERING FROM EFFECTS OF CHRONIC FATIGUE; HAVING BEEN AWAKE FOR 21 CONSECUTIVE HRS ONE DAY PRIOR TO THIS TRIP ON ANOTHER CFR PART 135 CHARTER. FLT CREW BELIEVED THAT THE ATC CLRNC THEY RECEIVED AT KSUS WAS VALID; AND NOT UNTIL WASHINGTON ARTCC REJECTED FLT PLAN DID CREW REALIZE THERE WAS AN ISSUE. FLT CREW WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH FILING 'T' PREFIX TO ACFT CALL SIGN. THIS WAS A NEW PROC. FAILURE OF COMPANY MGMNT TO PROVIDE THE FLT CREW WITH THE PROPER TRAINING FOR 14 CFR PART 135 OPS. FAILURE OF COMPANY MGMNT TO PROVIDE THE FLC WITH PRINTED; COMPLETE AND UP TO DATE PROCEDURAL AND OPERATIONAL INFO FOLLOWING THE ATTACKS OF 09/TUE/01. FAILURE OF COMPANY MGMNT TO ASSIGN TRIP IN A TIMELY MANNER TO PROVIDE THE FLT CREW WITH ADEQUATE TIME TO ACCOMPLISH COMPLETE PRELT PLANNING. THE FLT PLAN WAS FILED; AND NOTAMS AND WX CHKED BY ONLY 1 FLT CREW MEMBER; WITHOUT THE CROSSCHECK OF ANOTHER FLT CREWMEMBER OR DISPATCH PERSON. FSS SPECIALIST WHO FILED FLT PLAN DID NOT NOTICE 'T' PREFIX OMISSION. ARTCC COMPUTER SYS DID NOT REJECT FLT PLAN EVEN THOUGH THE 'T' PREFIX WAS NOT FILED. KANSAS CITY ARTCC AND INDIANAPOLIS ARTCC DID NOT COMMENT ON FLT PLAN.

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