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Air carrier medium large transport captain turns into path of oncoming traffic when he misinterprets the heading assignment from approach control. First officer was busy identing the navigation radios.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 372470 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199706 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90 |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other cruise other descent : approach |
| Route In Use | arrival other enroute : on vectors enroute other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 6500 |
| ASRS Report | 372470 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| 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:
Flying from pit to ewr. As we were making our approach into ewr and being radar vectored, the captain (PF) asked me to identify the LOM and ILS frequencys. As I diverted my attention inside, the captain made a turn. The controller gave us a heading of 90 degrees and the captain thought the heading was 190 degrees. The captain was just rolling the wings to level when I finished identing the navigation radios. Just as I was getting ready to tell the captain the correct heading, the approach controller called to tell us we were on the wrong heading. We were turning into the path of other planes on final approach and turned back onto course. To prevent this from happening again we should have idented the navigation radios earlier so I could have stayed in the loop, helping to monitor the approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR MLG CAPT TURNS INTO PATH OF ONCOMING TFC WHEN HE MISINTERPRETS THE HDG ASSIGNMENT FROM APCH CTL. FO WAS BUSY IDENTING THE NAV RADIOS.
Narrative: FLYING FROM PIT TO EWR. AS WE WERE MAKING OUR APCH INTO EWR AND BEING RADAR VECTORED, THE CAPT (PF) ASKED ME TO IDENT THE LOM AND ILS FREQS. AS I DIVERTED MY ATTN INSIDE, THE CAPT MADE A TURN. THE CTLR GAVE US A HDG OF 90 DEGS AND THE CAPT THOUGHT THE HDG WAS 190 DEGS. THE CAPT WAS JUST ROLLING THE WINGS TO LEVEL WHEN I FINISHED IDENTING THE NAV RADIOS. JUST AS I WAS GETTING READY TO TELL THE CAPT THE CORRECT HDG, THE APCH CTLR CALLED TO TELL US WE WERE ON THE WRONG HDG. WE WERE TURNING INTO THE PATH OF OTHER PLANES ON FINAL APCH AND TURNED BACK ONTO COURSE. TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN WE SHOULD HAVE IDENTED THE NAV RADIOS EARLIER SO I COULD HAVE STAYED IN THE LOOP, HELPING TO MONITOR THE APCH.
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.