An MD80 flight crew flies the wrong airway, wrong route after bmg. Flew the old, not the filed.

Attributes
ACN	414130
Time
Date	199809
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : bwg
State Reference	KY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 31000 msl bound upper : 31000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zme
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 175 flight time total : 5800 flight time type : 2800
ASRS Report	414130
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
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Took the normal flight course instead of the filed one after bwg. Controller called to confirm our route, then cleared us along our old route. At that time we were slightly off course. A little more planning could have helped.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD80 FLC FLIES THE WRONG AIRWAY, WRONG RTE AFTER BMG. FLEW THE OLD, NOT THE FILED.

Narrative: TOOK THE NORMAL FLT COURSE INSTEAD OF THE FILED ONE AFTER BWG. CTLR CALLED TO CONFIRM OUR RTE, THEN CLRED US ALONG OUR OLD RTE. AT THAT TIME WE WERE SLIGHTLY OFF COURSE. A LITTLE MORE PLANNING COULD HAVE HELPED.

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.