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Air carrier crew report misspelling a waypoint during FMC set up which is not detected until the FMC indicates landing with zero fuel. On the kennedy one departure canarsie climb it is not noticed that the route discontinuity after cri is missing resulting in a turn toward the first flight plan waypoint. The captain detects the wrong turn direction and requests ATC assistance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1277323 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201507 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | JFK.Airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Route In Use | SID Kennedy One |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | FMS/FMC |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
When I initially loaded the FMS I misspelled a waypoint. We went through the legs and thought they were right until we noticed the mfd was saying we would be landing with 0 fuel. The captain realized my error and reentered the flight route. After fixing the error we did not go back through all of the points and did not catch that there was no discontinuity after the departure like there should have been.we were climbing out of jfk on the kennedy one departure canarsie climb. The flight director had us make the turn to the left like it should have; but then told us to turn right even though the departure has us continuing to the left to avoid lga. The captain was familiar with the departure and knew there was something wrong when I started following the flight director to the right. He told me to turn back towards the left and contacted departure asking us for a heading assignment and apologizing for the incorrect turn. Departure gave us a heading and later told us it wasn't a big deal and there were no lga separation issues. As soon as we got the heading assignment the captain fixed my FMS and flight director. I should have been slower with initially entering the flight plan; we should also have reviewed all of the legs again after fixing my mistake. It was also good to learn that if you put in the departure before the first waypoint no discontinuity appears in the FMS.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier crew report misspelling a waypoint during FMC set up which is not detected until the FMC indicates landing with zero fuel. On the Kennedy One Departure CANARSIE climb it is not noticed that the route discontinuity after CRI is missing resulting in a turn toward the first flight plan waypoint. The Captain detects the wrong turn direction and requests ATC assistance.
Narrative: When I initially loaded the FMS I misspelled a waypoint. We went through the legs and thought they were right until we noticed the MFD was saying we would be landing with 0 fuel. The captain realized my error and reentered the flight route. After fixing the error we did not go back through all of the points and did not catch that there was no discontinuity after the departure like there should have been.We were climbing out of JFK on the Kennedy One Departure Canarsie climb. The flight director had us make the turn to the left like it should have; but then told us to turn right even though the departure has us continuing to the left to avoid LGA. The captain was familiar with the departure and knew there was something wrong when I started following the flight director to the right. He told me to turn back towards the left and contacted Departure asking us for a heading assignment and apologizing for the incorrect turn. Departure gave us a heading and later told us it wasn't a big deal and there were no LGA separation issues. As soon as we got the heading assignment the captain fixed my FMS and flight director. I should have been slower with initially entering the flight plan; we should also have reviewed all of the legs again after fixing my mistake. It was also good to learn that if you put in the departure before the first waypoint no discontinuity appears in the FMS.
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.