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First officer of a B737-300 failed to reintercept the STAR arrival route after ATC vector due misprogramming the FMC on the wrong radial and VORTAC. ATC intervened and provided a new clearance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 430660 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199903 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : hmv.vortac |
| State Reference | TN |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : ztl.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other other vortac |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | arrival : on vectors arrival star : shine. shine 5 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 350 flight time total : 22000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 430660 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance controller : issued alert |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Air carrier flight syr-clt shine 5 arrival, approaching hmv, assigned heading off of arrival (uncertain of heading). After 2-3 mins, assigned a new heading of 200 degrees, I think, and then told to intercept 314 degree radial from clt VOR and resume shine arrival. I mistakenly set up intercept on 156 degree radial from hmv on FMC. After a short time, ZTL noticed deviation, told me of my mistake and issued a new clearance. Flight was completed uneventfully. I don't know if there were any traffic conflicts with other aircraft. Solution: be more careful with automated flight guidance system. Company policy is for both pilots to agree before a course change is 'executed' in the FMC. Captain also failed to detect error.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FO OF A B737-300 FAILED TO REINTERCEPT THE STAR ARR RTE AFTER ATC VECTOR DUE MISPROGRAMMING THE FMC ON THE WRONG RADIAL AND VORTAC. ATC INTERVENED AND PROVIDED A NEW CLRNC.
Narrative: ACR FLT SYR-CLT SHINE 5 ARR, APCHING HMV, ASSIGNED HDG OFF OF ARR (UNCERTAIN OF HDG). AFTER 2-3 MINS, ASSIGNED A NEW HDG OF 200 DEGS, I THINK, AND THEN TOLD TO INTERCEPT 314 DEG RADIAL FROM CLT VOR AND RESUME SHINE ARR. I MISTAKENLY SET UP INTERCEPT ON 156 DEG RADIAL FROM HMV ON FMC. AFTER A SHORT TIME, ZTL NOTICED DEV, TOLD ME OF MY MISTAKE AND ISSUED A NEW CLRNC. FLT WAS COMPLETED UNEVENTFULLY. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WERE ANY TFC CONFLICTS WITH OTHER ACFT. SOLUTION: BE MORE CAREFUL WITH AUTOMATED FLT GUIDANCE SYS. COMPANY POLICY IS FOR BOTH PLTS TO AGREE BEFORE A COURSE CHANGE IS 'EXECUTED' IN THE FMC. CAPT ALSO FAILED TO DETECT ERROR.
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.