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BE30 captain reported a track deviation after departing apc when he was cleared to truck; but navigated toward trk.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1336257 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201602 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | APC.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Super King Air 300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | Direct Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 8450 Flight Crew Type 800 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
Copied clearance prior to departure [from apc] was 'MERLO1 then cleared as filed'. That filed route was sac.swr. During climb; ATC had previously issued vector heading 030 followed by 'cleared direct truck'. Because truck did not appear in our FMS flight plan; I instructed PNF to enter trk in FMS and temporarily go direct as I assumed there was a trk VOR located near the airport trk. The FMS recognized the trk wpt and proceeded in what seemed a reasonable direction. The controller soon after asked if we were headed direct truck and we responded 'yes'. He then confirmed the spelling of the intended wpt as 'truck' (not trk). We requested a vector until we got the wpt sorted out. The controller issued a 'turn right heading 270.' we then had corrected the FMS wpt to truck and advised and were cleared direct.a mistake on my part was assuming wpt spelling and not verifying w/ ATC when they issued something that was not in our flight plan. This is also the second time that our departure clearance from apc has been different or in error. Short of requesting a full route clearance; there isn't anyway to know that what is being issued as '..then cleared as filed' matches what was actually filed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BE30 Captain reported a track deviation after departing APC when he was cleared to TRUCK; but navigated toward TRK.
Narrative: Copied clearance prior to departure [from APC] was 'MERLO1 then Cleared as Filed'. That filed route was SAC.SWR. During climb; ATC had previously issued vector heading 030 followed by 'Cleared direct Truck'. Because TRUCK did not appear in our FMS flight plan; I instructed PNF to enter TRK in FMS and temporarily go direct as I assumed there was a TRK VOR located near the airport TRK. The FMS recognized the TRK WPT and proceeded in what seemed a reasonable direction. The controller soon after asked if we were headed direct TRUCK and we responded 'yes'. He then confirmed the spelling of the intended WPT as 'TRUCK' (not TRK). We requested a vector until we got the WPT sorted out. The controller issued a 'turn right heading 270.' We then had corrected the FMS WPT to TRUCK and advised and were cleared direct.A mistake on my part was assuming WPT spelling and not verifying w/ ATC when they issued something that was not in our flight plan. This is also the second time that our departure clearance from APC has been different or in error. Short of requesting a full route clearance; there isn't anyway to know that what is being issued as '..then cleared as filed' matches what was actually filed.
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.