HAWKER 800 CAPT DEPARTED TO FLY A TRIP WHEN HE WAS NOT NIGHT QUALIFIED.

Report 1 | Narrative: DEPARTED ARPT AT SUNSET ONLY TO REALIZE I WAS NOT NIGHT CURRENT. ONCE AIRBORNE; CALLED COMPANY TO ADVISE THEM I WASN'T NIGHT CURRENT AND WAS RETURNING TO ARPT. COMPANY USES COMPUTER TO TRACK NIGHT CURRENCY AND TRIP SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED TO ME BECAUSE I WAS NOT NIGHT CURRENT. FOR WHATEVER REASON; IT WASN'T FLAGGED AND I WAS DIVERTED FOR THIS TRIP. THIS WAS DAY 6 OR MY 7 DAY TOUR AND WAS TOO BUSY SETTING UP CUSTOMS AND MAKING SURE EVERYTHING ELSE WAS READY TO GO THAT I DIDN'T REALIZE I WOULD BE LNDG AT MY DEST DURING NIGHTTIME. RETURNED BACK TO ARPT AT 35 MINS AFTER SUNSET.

COMPANY ADVISED ME THAT THEIR POI DOESN'T INTERP NIGHTTIME STARTING UNTIL 1 HR AFTER SUNSET; SO I HADN'T VIOLATED NIGHTTIME CURRENCY. WAITED UNTIL AFTER 1 HR AND WENT UP WITH MY SIC AND WE DID 3 TKOFS AND LNDGS TO A FULL STOP. THEN PAX BOARDED AND WE TOOK THEM TO THEIR DEST. PAX WERE DELAYED BY 2.3 HRS.

Report 1 | Synopsis: HAWKER 800 CAPT DEPARTED TO FLY A TRIP WHEN HE WAS NOT NIGHT QUALIFIED.