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A B727 flight crew intercepted the wrong radial outbound while en route. The ARTCC radar controller intervened.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 339620 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199606 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : onl |
| State Reference | NE |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdv |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : zdv |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 283 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 223 |
| ASRS Report | 339620 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : became reoriented 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:
Mistake in outbound airway course setting. Crew checked chart, set CDI, and properly intercepted a course radial outbound. After ZDV queried us, we realized we had misread the chart. I will strive to be more vigilant in 'backing up' the pilots with cruise duties.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727 FLC INTERCEPTED THE WRONG RADIAL OUTBOUND WHILE ENRTE. THE ARTCC RADAR CTLR INTERVENED.
Narrative: MISTAKE IN OUTBOUND AIRWAY COURSE SETTING. CREW CHKED CHART, SET CDI, AND PROPERLY INTERCEPTED A COURSE RADIAL OUTBOUND. AFTER ZDV QUERIED US, WE REALIZED WE HAD MISREAD THE CHART. I WILL STRIVE TO BE MORE VIGILANT IN 'BACKING UP' THE PLTS WITH CRUISE DUTIES.
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.