Track deviation. - NASA ASRS

Attributes
ACN	434680
Time
Date	199904
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : iiu.vortac
State Reference	GA
Altitude	msl single value : 23000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zid.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other other vortac
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	enroute airway : j131.airway
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 260 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 3200
ASRS Report	434680
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

During climb, center gave us a turn for our climb then asked our routing. I looked at the FMS and I had programmed our normal company 'canned' route, which I had flown the day before. That route took us out over iiv J131 lit tbend then on the arrival. Center said he showed routing over iiv-bna-aex. Digging around, our dispatcher had programmed us on a different route, which was what center had. It was my complacency by looking at the route and seeing only our departure and not looking at the FMS other than when I had programmed it and saw exactly what I had seen the day before. The first officer had been busy and had not verified the route programmed either. We as a crew had just become complacent with each other and our equipment.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TRACK DEV.

Narrative: DURING CLB, CTR GAVE US A TURN FOR OUR CLB THEN ASKED OUR ROUTING. I LOOKED AT THE FMS AND I HAD PROGRAMMED OUR NORMAL COMPANY 'CANNED' RTE, WHICH I HAD FLOWN THE DAY BEFORE. THAT RTE TOOK US OUT OVER IIV J131 LIT TBEND THEN ON THE ARR. CTR SAID HE SHOWED ROUTING OVER IIV-BNA-AEX. DIGGING AROUND, OUR DISPATCHER HAD PROGRAMMED US ON A DIFFERENT RTE, WHICH WAS WHAT CTR HAD. IT WAS MY COMPLACENCY BY LOOKING AT THE RTE AND SEEING ONLY OUR DEP AND NOT LOOKING AT THE FMS OTHER THAN WHEN I HAD PROGRAMMED IT AND SAW EXACTLY WHAT I HAD SEEN THE DAY BEFORE. THE FO HAD BEEN BUSY AND HAD NOT VERIFIED THE RTE PROGRAMMED EITHER. WE AS A CREW HAD JUST BECOME COMPLACENT WITH EACH OTHER AND OUR EQUIP.

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.