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An air carrier B767 flight crew flew through the airway that they were vectored to intercept. The PF programmed the FMS, but got busy with other tasks and did not notice that the autoplt did not intercept the airway until a few mi later.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 333060 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199604 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : swl |
| State Reference | MD |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors enroute airway : zny |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 333060 |
| 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 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 | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
After departing jfk and given 2 different departures, we finally were given an intercept heading of about 75 degrees to intercept J174 toward swl VOR. While hand flying the aircraft we were abeam the FMS routing by about 16 mi, and almost at a 90 degree turn to the outbound course with nearly 100 KT tailwind. Several mi from the intercept, I engaged the autoplt in order to pay more attention to other details. With LNAV armed the aircraft flew through the airway, never capturing, and I manually selected heading select to return to the airway course. We only ran through the airway a few mi, but it could have been more had we gotten busy -- thinking the autoplt was going to work properly. Possible problem was active waypoint being our position and not switching at the right moment.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR B767 FLC FLEW THROUGH THE AIRWAY THAT THEY WERE VECTORED TO INTERCEPT. THE PF PROGRAMMED THE FMS, BUT GOT BUSY WITH OTHER TASKS AND DID NOT NOTICE THAT THE AUTOPLT DID NOT INTERCEPT THE AIRWAY UNTIL A FEW MI LATER.
Narrative: AFTER DEPARTING JFK AND GIVEN 2 DIFFERENT DEPS, WE FINALLY WERE GIVEN AN INTERCEPT HDG OF ABOUT 75 DEGS TO INTERCEPT J174 TOWARD SWL VOR. WHILE HAND FLYING THE ACFT WE WERE ABEAM THE FMS ROUTING BY ABOUT 16 MI, AND ALMOST AT A 90 DEG TURN TO THE OUTBOUND COURSE WITH NEARLY 100 KT TAILWIND. SEVERAL MI FROM THE INTERCEPT, I ENGAGED THE AUTOPLT IN ORDER TO PAY MORE ATTN TO OTHER DETAILS. WITH LNAV ARMED THE ACFT FLEW THROUGH THE AIRWAY, NEVER CAPTURING, AND I MANUALLY SELECTED HDG SELECT TO RETURN TO THE AIRWAY COURSE. WE ONLY RAN THROUGH THE AIRWAY A FEW MI, BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN MORE HAD WE GOTTEN BUSY -- THINKING THE AUTOPLT WAS GOING TO WORK PROPERLY. POSSIBLE PROB WAS ACTIVE WAYPOINT BEING OUR POS AND NOT SWITCHING AT THE RIGHT MOMENT.
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.