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Air carrier captain reported a track heading deviation caused by similar sounding fix names mayji and magge.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1682453 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201909 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZKC.ARTCC |
| State Reference | KS |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 456 Flight Crew Type 12000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
After diverting into tul for weather; handling passenger issues; and two maintenance issues; we departed tul on V74 toward fsm. Reaching 10;000 feet; we were cleared direct mayji. A similar waypoint named magge was on our route. I read back the waypoint using the same pronunciation as ATC then proceeded direct to magge. About three minutes later; ATC asked if we were direct mayji. We then queried the controller about the phonetic spelling. Realizing our error; we typed in the correct waypoint mayji and turned about 15 degrees left to make the correction.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported a track heading deviation caused by similar sounding fix names MAYJI and MAGGE.
Narrative: After diverting into TUL for weather; handling passenger issues; and two maintenance issues; we departed TUL on V74 toward FSM. Reaching 10;000 feet; we were cleared direct MAYJI. A similar waypoint named MAGGE was on our route. I read back the waypoint using the same pronunciation as ATC then proceeded direct to MAGGE. About three minutes later; ATC asked if we were direct MAYJI. We then queried the Controller about the phonetic spelling. Realizing our error; we typed in the correct waypoint MAYJI and turned about 15 degrees left to make the correction.
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.