A PILOT FILING AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN REVISION BECAUSE OF AN AIRCRAFT CHANGE DISCOVERED THAT INCORRECT INFORMATION CAN INADVERTENTLY BE INCLUDED OR EXCLUDED THAT MAY VIOLATE FAR'S WHEN A FSS BRIEFER ENTERS PRE-POPULATED DATA.

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THIS RPT WAS TO ALARM ALL THOSE IN REGULATORY POS OF A POTENTIAL CONCERN WITH FILING FLT PLANS WHEN YOU HAVE A USER PROFILE ON FILE WITH FSS. ON NOV/XA/08 I HAD FILED TO FLY IFR IN A PIPER WARRIOR. DUE TO A MECHANICAL ISSUE WE OPTED TO TAKE MY ACFT. I EXPLAINED TO THE BRIEFER THAT I ALREADY HAD AN IFR FLT PLAN FILED AND BRIEFING BUT NEEDED TO AMEND OR CREATE A NEW FLT PLAN DUE TO AN ACFT CHANGE. THE BRIEFER PRE-POPULATED MY INFO BASED ON MY STORED CELL PHONE NUMBER. RATHER THAN A GOING BLOCK BY BLOCK IN THE FLT PLAN SEQUENCE THE BRIEFER ASKED ME TO FILL IN GAPS. HOWEVER; THERE WERE CERTAIN ELEMENTS SUCH AS EQUIP TYPE THAT HAD CHANGED FROM STANDARD. IN ADDITION; MY ALTERNATE ARPT SELECTION WHICH WAS NOT ENTERED. I WAS ABLE TO LATER AMEND THIS INFO AND THERE WERE NO FURTHER PROBS. THERE WAS NO MAJOR ISSUE THIS DAY HOWEVER; IT APPEARS THAT THE USER PROFILE SYS WITH FSS MIGHT LEAD PLTS TO THINK THEY ARE ALL SET BUT IN REALITY TAKE OFF WITH INCORRECT OR MISSING INFO DUE TO A JOINT EFFORT TO EXPEDITE THE FILING OF A FLT PLAN. LET'S REMEMBER THAT THIS CAN RESULT IN A VIOLATION OF A FAR BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY RESULT IN AN ISSUE OF SAFETY.