A flight crew entered the pre departure clearance ase clearance in the FMS then changed the arrival ...

Attributes
ACN	1102749
Time
Date	201307
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZDV.ARTCC
State Reference	CO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	FMS/FMC
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

The first officer loaded the flight plan and localizer approach in ase. We verified the pre departure clearance on this route as entered correctly. After discussing the flight and weather we decided to fly the visual approach into ase. He then copied the route and loaded the visual approach into the primary flight plan. As we were doing this we were handed the weight and balance. What we missed was that the SID reloaded and took out two of our fixes between connr and dbl when we entered the visual approach. This is a very unusual situation in that the approach affects the departure airport SID. When we selected a different approach into ase it deleted the SID. This is something new that only started when den went to the RNAV SID's. Since I don't fly ase regularly so I missed that the SID got deleted when the visual to ase was loaded.it would have been better to wait and run the pre start check after the FMS is done being loaded.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A flight crew entered the PDC ASE clearance in the FMS then changed the arrival to a visual; but did not they realize until ATC questioned their track that the visual approach programming caused two fixes to drop from the routing.

Narrative: The First Officer loaded the flight plan and LOC approach in ASE. We verified the PDC on this route as entered correctly. After discussing the flight and weather we decided to fly the visual approach into ASE. He then copied the route and loaded the visual approach into the primary flight plan. As we were doing this we were handed the weight and balance. What we missed was that the SID reloaded and took out two of our fixes between CONNR and DBL when we entered the visual approach. This is a very unusual situation in that the Approach affects the Departure airport SID. When we selected a different approach into ASE it deleted the SID. This is something new that only started when DEN went to the RNAV SID's. Since I don't fly ASE regularly so I missed that the SID got deleted when the visual to ASE was loaded.It would have been better to wait and run the Pre Start check after the FMS is done being loaded.

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 entered the pre departure clearance ase clearance in the FMS then changed the arrival to a visual; but did not they realize until ATC questioned their track that the visual approach programming caused two fixes to drop from the routing.