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Widebody transport aircraft selected wrong waypoint for navigation, discovered the error 13 mins later by ATC simultaneously with flight crew.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 369120 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199705 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : rjtg |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Widebody, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute : other oceanic enroute : pacific enroute airway : rjtg |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time total : 19700 |
| ASRS Report | 369120 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 369577 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | 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:
Gross navigation error en route from osaka to honolulu. Flight planned on track 12. After passing smolt, mistakenly headed for vepox (which was entry point for track 11). After 13 mins on wrong heading, the error was recognized and clearance immediately received to fly direct to mason (entry point for track 12). Flight continued uneventfully.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: WDB ACFT SELECTED WRONG WAYPOINT FOR NAV, DISCOVERED THE ERROR 13 MINS LATER BY ATC SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH FLC.
Narrative: GROSS NAV ERROR ENRTE FROM OSAKA TO HONOLULU. FLT PLANNED ON TRACK 12. AFTER PASSING SMOLT, MISTAKENLY HEADED FOR VEPOX (WHICH WAS ENTRY POINT FOR TRACK 11). AFTER 13 MINS ON WRONG HEADING, THE ERROR WAS RECOGNIZED AND CLRNC IMMEDIATELY RECEIVED TO FLY DIRECT TO MASON (ENTRY POINT FOR TRACK 12). FLT 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.