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Heading track position deviation when flight crew fails to note passing an en route VOR and fails to adjust to new outbound heading.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 362093 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199702 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : omn |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 35000 msl bound upper : 35000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zjx |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10640 flight time type : 4880 |
| ASRS Report | 362093 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance non adherence other other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Captain was flying the aircraft using heading select to track the airways. The normal routine would have been to have the autoplt coupled to the omega and tracking the airways. However, this was not possible since this aircraft had the omegas removed and the new GPS installed. I was distraction by operating the GPS and the captain did not notice VOR station passage. This resulted in a course deviation. Center then provided us with a vector to reintercept the airway. Although no conflict resulted, another reminder not to allow a distraction to result in an error.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: HDG TRACK POS DEV WHEN FLC FAILS TO NOTE PASSING AN ENRTE VOR AND FAILS TO ADJUST TO NEW OUTBOUND HDG.
Narrative: CAPT WAS FLYING THE ACFT USING HDG SELECT TO TRACK THE AIRWAYS. THE NORMAL ROUTINE WOULD HAVE BEEN TO HAVE THE AUTOPLT COUPLED TO THE OMEGA AND TRACKING THE AIRWAYS. HOWEVER, THIS WAS NOT POSSIBLE SINCE THIS ACFT HAD THE OMEGAS REMOVED AND THE NEW GPS INSTALLED. I WAS DISTR BY OPERATING THE GPS AND THE CAPT DID NOT NOTICE VOR STATION PASSAGE. THIS RESULTED IN A COURSE DEV. CTR THEN PROVIDED US WITH A VECTOR TO REINTERCEPT THE AIRWAY. ALTHOUGH NO CONFLICT RESULTED, ANOTHER REMINDER NOT TO ALLOW A DISTR TO RESULT IN AN ERROR.
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.