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Flight crew of an light transport air carrier aircraft failed to follow their assigned route due to following a radial off of the wrong VOR.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 253496 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199310 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : isp |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 13000 msl bound upper : 13000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zbw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 253496 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Upon reaching sandy point VOR I thought I was over hto VOR and began erroneously tracking what I thought was victor 139. Controller questioned our heading and we corrected. I attribute the error to complacency, lack of attention to detail and the fact that I was flying with a new first officer who was unfamiliar with the route and did not know the route from memory and trusted my familiarity with the routing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN LTT ACR ACFT FAILED TO FOLLOW THEIR ASSIGNED RTE DUE TO FOLLOWING A RADIAL OFF OF THE WRONG VOR.
Narrative: UPON REACHING SANDY POINT VOR I THOUGHT I WAS OVER HTO VOR AND BEGAN ERRONEOUSLY TRACKING WHAT I THOUGHT WAS VICTOR 139. CTLR QUESTIONED OUR HDG AND WE CORRECTED. I ATTRIBUTE THE ERROR TO COMPLACENCY, LACK OF ATTN TO DETAIL AND THE FACT THAT I WAS FLYING WITH A NEW FO WHO WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE RTE AND DID NOT KNOW THE RTE FROM MEMORY AND TRUSTED MY FAMILIARITY WITH THE ROUTING.
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.