Missed pre departure clearance not showing change in destination after 3.5 hour delay.

Attributes
ACN	257138
Time
Date	199311
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ldn airport : bwi
State Reference	VA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 28000 msl bound upper : 28000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : dca
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : private pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time total : 6500 flight time type : 1400
ASRS Report	257138
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Ferry flight originally filed to bna. After refiling and 3.5 hour delay, we departed for chicago. ACARS clearance header showed bwi-ord but body still showed bna routing and destination. This was not discovered until airborne and ATC vectors didn't correspond with the first fix filed. We requested and received routing to ord which corresponded with our intended flight routing. Failure to notice that the routing was not changed in the latest ACARS clearance was due to complacency brought on by a long history of correlation between computer generated flight plans, automatic loading of omega by ACARS and the ACARS clearance. The flight plan and omega were crosschecked on the ground and at no time did we deviate from our ATC clearance. I will be more vigilant in the future, especially in instances of redispatching.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MISSED PDC NOT SHOWING CHANGE IN DEST AFTER 3.5 HR DELAY.

Narrative: FERRY FLT ORIGINALLY FILED TO BNA. AFTER REFILING AND 3.5 HR DELAY, WE DEPARTED FOR CHICAGO. ACARS CLRNC HEADER SHOWED BWI-ORD BUT BODY STILL SHOWED BNA ROUTING AND DEST. THIS WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL AIRBORNE AND ATC VECTORS DIDN'T CORRESPOND WITH THE FIRST FIX FILED. WE REQUESTED AND RECEIVED ROUTING TO ORD WHICH CORRESPONDED WITH OUR INTENDED FLT ROUTING. FAILURE TO NOTICE THAT THE ROUTING WAS NOT CHANGED IN THE LATEST ACARS CLRNC WAS DUE TO COMPLACENCY BROUGHT ON BY A LONG HISTORY OF CORRELATION BTWN COMPUTER GENERATED FLT PLANS, AUTO LOADING OF OMEGA BY ACARS AND THE ACARS CLRNC. THE FLT PLAN AND OMEGA WERE XCHKED ON THE GND AND AT NO TIME DID WE DEVIATE FROM OUR ATC CLRNC. I WILL BE MORE VIGILANT IN THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY IN INSTANCES OF REDISPATCHING.

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.