Widebody transport flight crew programmed wrong north american route. Heading deviation.

Attributes
ACN	146504
Time
Date	199005
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : pqi
State Reference	ME
Altitude	msl bound lower : 43000 msl bound upper : 43000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : msy
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute airway : na240
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 10000
ASRS Report	146504
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We were cleared from over the hadok intersection to iad via north american route 240. Our original filed route was north american 244. Somehow, both pilots became convinced that they were reading 240 in their flight manuals. Route 244 ended up in the computer. The solution is when checking rtes to work independently. Each pilot should check the route alone, thus avoiding the human tendency to talk the other guy into something.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WDB FLT CREW PROGRAMMED WRONG NORTH AMERICAN ROUTE. HEADING DEVIATION.

Narrative: WE WERE CLRED FROM OVER THE HADOK INTXN TO IAD VIA N AMERICAN RTE 240. OUR ORIGINAL FILED RTE WAS NORTH AMERICAN 244. SOMEHOW, BOTH PLTS BECAME CONVINCED THAT THEY WERE READING 240 IN THEIR FLT MANUALS. RTE 244 ENDED UP IN THE COMPUTER. THE SOLUTION IS WHEN CHKING RTES TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY. EACH PLT SHOULD CHK THE RTE ALONE, THUS AVOIDING THE HUMAN TENDENCY TO TALK THE OTHER GUY INTO SOMETHING.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.