Corporate aircraft first officer reported a track deviation error; with the clearance to a radial/DM...

Narrative:

I was the sic and pilot flying on this part 91 repositioning leg from blm. The captain (the pilot not flying) acquired the ATC clearance while I was starting the aircraft. We received a clearance to proceed direct to dixie and then the cyn 226 degree radial at 11 miles. As PNF; the captain pulled out charts and tried to determine whether or not the 226 degree radial at 11 miles was a named fix or not. He determined it was not; so he set up raw data for me as I taxied out for departure. After departure; we flew the clearance as issued (or so we thought); but it turns out the captain mistakenly entered the reciprocal of the 226 degree radial. In other words; we hit the 11 DME fix northeast of the cyn VOR instead of southwest. Mcguire approach questioned us and I immediately noticed the error in NAVAID setup. After some back and forth and clarification; we received a new instruction to proceed direct to acy VOR and the flight continued normally. The captain and PNF definitely made an error in entering the flight plan; and I should have caught this error myself. However; it is not company SOP for me to double-check his flight plan entries; and I was task saturated and did not notice the error. Looking back on our clearance; both the captain and I felt that it was unnecessarily complicated. It would have simplified matters if we were cleared dixie cyn CYN226011. With the clearance as it was; it was up to us to try and navigate between dixie and CYN226011. Both the captain and I have significant experience operating into blm airport; and we both remarked on how frequently the clearances are unnecessarily complicated. It is very difficult for us in our aircraft to navigate to unspecified radial/DME fixes. While it can be done; I feel it would be in the interest of safety for mcguire to simplify their departure clearances when at all possible and eliminate the use of radial/DME fixes.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Corporate aircraft First Officer reported a track deviation error; with the clearance to a radial/DME fix cited as contributory. Reporter stated complex clearances tend to be the norm when operating in BLM.

Narrative: I was the SIC and Pilot Flying on this Part 91 repositioning leg from BLM. The Captain (the Pilot Not Flying) acquired the ATC clearance while I was starting the aircraft. We received a clearance to proceed direct to DIXIE and then the CYN 226 degree radial at 11 miles. As PNF; the Captain pulled out charts and tried to determine whether or not the 226 degree radial at 11 miles was a named fix or not. He determined it was not; so he set up raw data for me as I taxied out for departure. After departure; we flew the clearance as issued (or so we thought); but it turns out the Captain mistakenly entered the reciprocal of the 226 degree radial. In other words; we hit the 11 DME fix northeast of the CYN VOR instead of southwest. McGuire approach questioned us and I immediately noticed the error in NAVAID setup. After some back and forth and clarification; we received a new instruction to proceed direct to ACY VOR and the flight continued normally. The Captain and PNF definitely made an error in entering the flight plan; and I should have caught this error myself. However; it is not company SOP for me to double-check his flight plan entries; and I was task saturated and did not notice the error. Looking back on our clearance; both the Captain and I felt that it was unnecessarily complicated. It would have simplified matters if we were cleared DIXIE CYN CYN226011. With the clearance as it was; it was up to us to try and navigate between DIXIE and CYN226011. Both the Captain and I have significant experience operating into BLM airport; and we both remarked on how frequently the clearances are unnecessarily complicated. It is very difficult for us in our aircraft to navigate to unspecified radial/DME fixes. While it can be done; I feel it would be in the interest of safety for McGuire to simplify their departure clearances when at all possible and eliminate the use of radial/DME fixes.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1208074
Time
Date	201410
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	WRI.TRACON
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PC-12
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 115 Flight Crew Total 1500 Flight Crew Type 340
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Corporate aircraft first officer reported a track deviation error; with the clearance to a radial/DME fix cited as contributory. Reporter stated complex clearances tend to be the norm when operating in blm.