<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1333537, February 2016

A321 flight crew reported a track deviation resulted when they incorrectly programmed the FMS after receiving a confusing pre departure clearance.

Attributes
ACN	1333537
Time
Date	201602
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	F11.TRACON
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A321
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	SID MCOY1
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

Our flight was filed as follows: MCOY1 orl dct crg J53 dunkn J53 grady J53 irq spa J85 hvq... Our pre departure clearance showed a change to the departure as follows: MCOY1 sav transition as filed. This transition does not connect to the filed route. After verifying the box with the filed route; we proceeded to taxi for takeoff.after getting airborne; ATC told us to fly direct to guano. When we told him that that fix was not in our flight plan; he had us intercept the 355 degree radial inbound to orl. We proceeded to do this (backed up with raw data). This is when we discovered that we never had the MCOY1 sav transition in the box. The controller agreed with us; that the departure was incorrect in that his information showed orl as the starting point and ending point for the departure. We told the controller that we would inform our company of this error in the transition. He mentioned that he would do the same. The departure transition does not connect with the filed route. This should have been corrected on the ground at the gate.

Related reports:

• Track deviation. Incorrectly programmed FMS.
• An A300-600 flight crew incorrectly programmed a SID in thei...

	Enter your search terms Submit search form
	Web www.37000feet.com

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A321 flight crew reported a track deviation resulted when they incorrectly programmed the FMS after receiving a confusing PDC.

Narrative: Our flight was filed as follows: MCOY1 ORL DCT CRG J53 DUNKN J53 GRADY J53 IRQ SPA J85 HVQ... Our PDC showed a change to the departure as follows: MCOY1 SAV TRANSITION as filed. This transition does not connect to the filed route. After verifying the box with the filed route; we proceeded to taxi for takeoff.After getting airborne; ATC told us to fly direct to GUANO. When we told him that that fix was not in our flight plan; he had us intercept the 355 degree radial inbound to ORL. We proceeded to do this (backed up with raw data). This is when we discovered that we never had the MCOY1 SAV transition in the box. The controller agreed with us; that the departure was incorrect in that his information showed ORL as the starting point and ending point for the departure. We told the controller that we would inform our company of this error in the transition. He mentioned that he would do the same. The departure transition does not connect with the filed route. This should have been corrected on the ground at the gate.

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.