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An md-82 pilot reported entering fix KA12Q vice KA21Q while entering the flight plan route in the GPS. Although unstated; it appears a track error resulted and was corrected by ATC.

Narrative:

I loaded our flight plan into the GPS with a wrong fix; KA12Q vice KA21Q and missed the mistake. The 12Q fix is in the same general direction and is about the same distance. Maybe it would make sense to change the name of one of these fixes because it is very easy to transpose 12 and 21 while loading GPS and it is not an obvious mistake because of their proximity.this mistake will happen again if this change is not made.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An MD-82 pilot reported entering fix KA12Q vice KA21Q while entering the flight plan route in the GPS. Although unstated; it appears a track error resulted and was corrected by ATC.

Narrative: I loaded our flight plan into the GPS with a wrong fix; KA12Q vice KA21Q and missed the mistake. The 12Q fix is in the same general direction and is about the same distance. Maybe it would make sense to change the name of one of these fixes because it is very easy to transpose 12 and 21 while loading GPS and it is not an obvious mistake because of their proximity.This mistake will happen again if this change is not made.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.