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An air crew received a revised random route clearance prior to entering oceanic airspace. They did not revise the route in the FMS. Fortunately they checked their routing after gander radio asked them to confirm the waypoint after the one toward which they were navigating. They revised the routing in the FMS and were never off course.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1241013 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201502 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | CZQX.ARTCC |
| State Reference | NF |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Oceanic |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer Relief Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 6900 Flight Crew Type 500 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 15000 Flight Crew Type 8000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
We departed at XA15 zulu bound for europe. There are no navtracks at this time of day east bound so we were on a random route. I was the international relief officer (relief pilot) and on break when the oceanic clearance was received. The clearance was a reroute.I returned to the flight deck at XC35 zulu and was getting settled in when we crossed n50w050. Minutes after crossing 50W gander messaged us to call on HF. When we checked in with gander he asked for our north coordinate at 30W. We both checked the FMS and then decided to verify against the printed clearance. The FMS was incorrect. We verified with gander that our reroute clearance and coordinates were correct and changed the FMS to reflect the correct clearance. Our 40W coordinate were the same (original route and reroute) so we never turned off course.all three crew members then silently verified the clearance (the 3rd was recalled to the flight deck). Then the pilot monitoring (pm) read the coordinates out loud to the pilot flying and the FMS coordinates were confirmed. No further action was needed. We never turned off course and landed safely at destination.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An air crew received a revised random route clearance prior to entering oceanic airspace. They did not revise the route in the FMS. Fortunately they checked their routing after Gander Radio asked them to confirm the waypoint after the one toward which they were navigating. They revised the routing in the FMS and were never off course.
Narrative: We departed at XA15 Zulu bound for Europe. There are no NavTracks at this time of day east bound so we were on a random route. I was the IRO (Relief pilot) and on break when the oceanic clearance was received. The clearance was a reroute.I returned to the flight deck at XC35 Zulu and was getting settled in when we crossed N50W050. Minutes after crossing 50W Gander messaged us to call on HF. When we checked in with Gander he asked for our north coordinate at 30W. We both checked the FMS and then decided to verify against the printed clearance. The FMS was incorrect. We verified with Gander that our reroute clearance and coordinates were correct and changed the FMS to reflect the correct clearance. Our 40W coordinate were the same (original route and reroute) so we never turned off course.All three crew members then silently verified the clearance (the 3rd was recalled to the flight deck). Then the pilot monitoring (PM) read the coordinates out loud to the pilot flying and the FMS coordinates were confirmed. No further action was needed. We never turned off course and landed safely at destination.
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.