A flight crew failed to notice that the lightly printed pre departure clearance changed the dfw LOWG...

Attributes
ACN	1044823
Time
Date	201210
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	DFW.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	SID LOWGN
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	FMS/FMC
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

Flight plan for the LOWGN4 departure off 18L with a adm transition. Followed procedures and verified legs on RNAV departure with the FMS. On taxi out; tower switched to runway 17R. Updated FMS; verified RNAV departure with the first officer. It was the first officer's takeoff; after passing jgirl; departure cleared us direct to bleco. I did not see bleco on route; asked controller for a heading. He gave us a heading; then direct to irw. Subsequently; I reviewed the pre departure clearance; and the revised segment called for the BLECO4 departure. Fortunately; both RNAV departures have the same first four waypoints; so no deviation was incurred. Procedures call for both pilots verifying the pre departure clearance with the flight plan. Neither one of us picked up the revised segment. The ACARS print was very light; and I failed to see the revised segment. I will be more attentive when reading the pre departure clearance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A flight crew failed to notice that the lightly printed PDC changed the DFW LOWGN4 RNAV to the BLECO4 and so after being cleared to the BLECO intersection the crew asked for vectors because it was not in the FMS.

Narrative: Flight plan for the LOWGN4 Departure off 18L with a ADM transition. Followed procedures and verified legs on RNAV departure with the FMS. On taxi out; Tower switched to Runway 17R. Updated FMS; verified RNAV departure with the First Officer. It was the First Officer's takeoff; after passing JGIRL; Departure cleared us direct to BLECO. I did not see BLECO on route; asked Controller for a heading. He gave us a heading; then direct to IRW. Subsequently; I reviewed the PDC; and the revised segment called for the BLECO4 Departure. Fortunately; both RNAV departures have the same first four waypoints; so no deviation was incurred. Procedures call for both pilots verifying the PDC with the flight plan. Neither one of us picked up the revised segment. The ACARS print was very light; and I failed to see the revised segment. I will be more attentive when reading the PDC.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

A flight crew failed to notice that the lightly printed pre departure clearance changed the dfw LOWGN4 RNAV to the BLECO4 and so after being cleared to the bleco intersection the crew asked for vectors because it was not in the FMS.