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Flight crew neglects to monitor flight path and may have entered prohibited airspace out of dca.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 425563 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199901 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dca |
| State Reference | DC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : grr |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Route In Use | departure : noise abatement departure other departure sid : sid |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 24000 flight time type : 1800 |
| ASRS Report | 425563 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
We were using managed navigation for departure on runway 36 at dca. Even though navigation was annunciated, the flight director didn't command the required turn up the river, so we may have entered the prohibited area (P56) before we manually turned left to intercept the dca 328 degree radial. The problem -- relying too much on the automation. The solution -- use the automation, but discipline ourselves to 'look through' the automation and use the 'old stuff' as backup. ATC didn't mention anything but we may have entered the prohibited area.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC NEGLECTS TO MONITOR FLT PATH AND MAY HAVE ENTERED PROHIBITED AIRSPACE OUT OF DCA.
Narrative: WE WERE USING MANAGED NAV FOR DEP ON RWY 36 AT DCA. EVEN THOUGH NAV WAS ANNUNCIATED, THE FLT DIRECTOR DIDN'T COMMAND THE REQUIRED TURN UP THE RIVER, SO WE MAY HAVE ENTERED THE PROHIBITED AREA (P56) BEFORE WE MANUALLY TURNED L TO INTERCEPT THE DCA 328 DEG RADIAL. THE PROB -- RELYING TOO MUCH ON THE AUTOMATION. THE SOLUTION -- USE THE AUTOMATION, BUT DISCIPLINE OURSELVES TO 'LOOK THROUGH' THE AUTOMATION AND USE THE 'OLD STUFF' AS BACKUP. ATC DIDN'T MENTION ANYTHING BUT WE MAY HAVE ENTERED THE PROHIBITED AREA.
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.