Forgot to close flight plan

My "trick" was to write "Cancel Flight Plan" on a small plastic baggage
tag - attach it to a small bull clip with a small split ring - the clip it
onto the aircraft overhead door lock/release.

It's never failed me yet.

Orval Fairbairn wrote:

Does this mean I have to take the plane key off my car key ring? No way
the phone goes in the bag, it gets plugged into the intercom so I can
use it during the flight.



It is illegal to use cell phones in flight (unless in an emergency). It
has to do with the phone at altitude activating multiple cellphone
receivers at once.

That's funny.

BTIZ wrote:

he did not say to use the cell phone in flight,

Although I do, all the time. That's why it's plumbed into the headset
with the Cellset.



and old analog cell phones had that problem...
come on up to the digital age.. no problem with multiple cell towers..

Verizon offers the Pilot Mycast that allows you to download TAF's,
Metars, Radar and other cool stuff while enroute.

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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In a previous article, Paul Folbrecht
said:
How big a deal is this? I'm afraid to ask anybody at my FBO. I'm not
gonna get a letter am I??

Not a big deal. I've done it twice and never heard another word about it.


Depends. I forgot to do it once at a remote airport without tower. I
realised about an hour later and called in to close the FP and they told me
they were trying to find me and had asked other pilots about my aircraft.
Fortunately a full scale search had not developed. Glad I called in and
checked with the FSS. Felt like an ass. So, it could be an inconvenience to
ATC and other pilots, so don't take this lightly.

In a previous article, "S Narayan" said:
Depends. I forgot to do it once at a remote airport without tower. I
realised about an hour later and called in to close the FP and they told me

One time I was flying to Saranac Lake, and I decided at the last minute
(after losing flight following) to do a bit of a scenic flyby of the Lake
Placid area before landing. I didn't think I was an hour past my ETA, but
I must have been because I heard a call on Saranac Lake's CTAF asking if I
was on the frequency, and when I said I was, the caller said that FSS had
called the FBO to see if I was there because I hadn't closed my flight
plan.


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"S Narayan" wrote in message
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Depends. I forgot to do it once at a remote airport without tower. I
realised about an hour later and called in to close the FP and they told
me
they were trying to find me and had asked other pilots about my aircraft.
Fortunately a full scale search had not developed. Glad I called in and
checked with the FSS. Felt like an ass. So, it could be an inconvenience
to ATC and other pilots, so don't take this lightly.


He's talking about a VFR flight plan. There's no connection between control
towers and VFR flight plans, ATC wouldn't even know if you had filed a VFR
flight plan or not.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"S Narayan" wrote in message
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Depends. I forgot to do it once at a remote airport without tower. I
realised about an hour later and called in to close the FP and they told
me
they were trying to find me and had asked other pilots about my
aircraft.
Fortunately a full scale search had not developed. Glad I called in and
checked with the FSS. Felt like an ass. So, it could be an inconvenience
to ATC and other pilots, so don't take this lightly.


He's talking about a VFR flight plan. There's no connection between
control
towers and VFR flight plans, ATC wouldn't even know if you had filed a VFR
flight plan or not.

I know, ATC gets involved when FSS requests ATC to find the missing pilot.
The field may be completed unattended as in my case (Trinity Center, CA) and
FSS has no way to find out if the pilot made it safely. ATC then contacts
other pilots who are flying in to to the same airport after that missing
pilot (or divert other pilot(s), if willing, to check at that airport). It
is one of few times when filing a FP is a boon and a curse.

I didn't think I was an hour past my ETA, but I must have been
because I heard a call on Saranac Lake's CTAF asking if I
was on the frequency,...

You may not have been. Twenty or thirty years ago I landed at
Hastings, NB, at my ETA. But when I strolled into the FSS to close my
flight plan, I was surprised to hear a guy sitting there calling my
number into his mike.

I was glad to see him taking his job seriously. ((:-))

vince norris

If you are IFR and complete an IFR approach to a "towered" filed, when the
tower is open, the tower does nothing with regard to your IFR when you taxi
clear of the runway.


in the US, IFR flight plans are closed automatically sometime after the flight
is completed, when the flight is completed at a towered airport when the tower
is open.

How does this happen? (real question)

Jose

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"Teacherjh" wrote in message
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in the US, IFR flight plans are closed automatically sometime after
the flight is completed, when the flight is completed at a towered
airport when the tower is open.

How does this happen? (real question)


It happens by arriving at your destination. If you didn't arrive at your
destination a search would be initiated. Because you did arrive nothing
needs to be done.