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Flight crew of a widebody transport on aircraft manufacturer test flight failed to stay within special designated airspace and spilled out into other special airspace due to the incorrect programming of the navigation computer data.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 335793 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199605 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : rco |
| State Reference | OR |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 35000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zse |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 12 |
| ASRS Report | 335793 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Departed assigned airspace (cod operating area) several times to the east into dolphin operating area. After careful review of airplane navigation database waypoints defining cod airspace, found a significant error in 1 waypoint defining eastern border. Made a manual correction and continued uneventfully.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A WDB ON ACFT MANUFACTURER TEST FLT FAILED TO STAY WITHIN SPECIAL DESIGNATED AIRSPACE AND SPILLED OUT INTO OTHER SPECIAL AIRSPACE DUE TO THE INCORRECT PROGRAMMING OF THE NAV COMPUTER DATA.
Narrative: DEPARTED ASSIGNED AIRSPACE (COD OPERATING AREA) SEVERAL TIMES TO THE E INTO DOLPHIN OPERATING AREA. AFTER CAREFUL REVIEW OF AIRPLANE NAV DATABASE WAYPOINTS DEFINING COD AIRSPACE, FOUND A SIGNIFICANT ERROR IN 1 WAYPOINT DEFINING EASTERN BORDER. MADE A MANUAL CORRECTION AND CONTINUED UNEVENTFULLY.
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.