A320 flight crew takes heading for wrong waypoint when cleared 'flight plan route' by ZLA. First off...

Attributes
ACN	364136
Time
Date	199703
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : jli
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 20000 msl bound upper : 20000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zla tower : msy
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute : direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 18500 flight time type : 4250
ASRS Report	364136
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure 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:

Flight san-dtw, mar/mon/97, airbus A332, first officer flying the aircraft. The flight was filed from san to dtw via the BRDR4 over jli, pke, J78K drk, etc, and this route was programmed into the flight computer by the first officer. Shortly after departure from runway 27 at san, and after having been turned over to socal departure, the controller took us off the BRDR4 departure and cleared us via a left turn direct pgi with a turn to 070 degrees for vectors to trm after passing pgi. While on the 070 degree heading after pgi, socal departure clears us to direct to pgi, flight plan route, and turns us over to ZLA. We fly direct to jli and from there proceed direct to pke as was programmed into the flight computer. Shortly after passing jli, ZLA asks us what heading we were flying to trm. It was here we realized something was wrong because we were not proceeding to trm. ZLA turned us toward trm (about 14 mi to the northwest of our position), and as we approached trm, he reclred us direct to pke, flight plan route. We received our clearance via pre departure clearance. The pre departure clearance clearance was slightly different from the filed flight plan in that after jli, it added direct trm, direct pke. We both missed this. It is my airline's policy that the captain loads the flight plan and the first officer checks it for accuracy. Because I (the captain) was preoccupied with an unrelated problem, the first officer loaded the flight plan and nobody rechked it.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 FLC TAKES HDG FOR WRONG WAYPOINT WHEN CLRED 'FLT PLAN RTE' BY ZLA. FO HAD PROGRAMMED FMC WHEN CAPT SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS TASK WITH THE FO BACKING UP IN A REVIEW OF FMC INPUTS.

Narrative: FLT SAN-DTW, MAR/MON/97, AIRBUS A332, FO FLYING THE ACFT. THE FLT WAS FILED FROM SAN TO DTW VIA THE BRDR4 OVER JLI, PKE, J78K DRK, ETC, AND THIS RTE WAS PROGRAMMED INTO THE FLT COMPUTER BY THE FO. SHORTLY AFTER DEP FROM RWY 27 AT SAN, AND AFTER HAVING BEEN TURNED OVER TO SOCAL DEP, THE CTLR TOOK US OFF THE BRDR4 DEP AND CLRED US VIA A L TURN DIRECT PGI WITH A TURN TO 070 DEGS FOR VECTORS TO TRM AFTER PASSING PGI. WHILE ON THE 070 DEG HDG AFTER PGI, SOCAL DEP CLRS US TO DIRECT TO PGI, FLT PLAN RTE, AND TURNS US OVER TO ZLA. WE FLY DIRECT TO JLI AND FROM THERE PROCEED DIRECT TO PKE AS WAS PROGRAMMED INTO THE FLT COMPUTER. SHORTLY AFTER PASSING JLI, ZLA ASKS US WHAT HDG WE WERE FLYING TO TRM. IT WAS HERE WE REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG BECAUSE WE WERE NOT PROCEEDING TO TRM. ZLA TURNED US TOWARD TRM (ABOUT 14 MI TO THE NW OF OUR POS), AND AS WE APCHED TRM, HE RECLRED US DIRECT TO PKE, FLT PLAN RTE. WE RECEIVED OUR CLRNC VIA PDC. THE PDC CLRNC WAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE FILED FLT PLAN IN THAT AFTER JLI, IT ADDED DIRECT TRM, DIRECT PKE. WE BOTH MISSED THIS. IT IS MY AIRLINE'S POLICY THAT THE CAPT LOADS THE FLT PLAN AND THE FO CHKS IT FOR ACCURACY. BECAUSE I (THE CAPT) WAS PREOCCUPIED WITH AN UNRELATED PROB, THE FO LOADED THE FLT PLAN AND NOBODY RECHKED IT.

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.

A320 flight crew takes heading for wrong waypoint when cleared 'flight plan route' by ZLA. First officer had programmed FMC when captain should have done this task with the first officer backing up in a review of FMC inputs.