An air carrier flight crew flying B737-700 from ewr fails to properly load their flight plan as cleared by ATC into their FMC resulting in a track deviation.

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Attributes
ACN	444060
Time
Date	199907
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : gve.vor
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl single value : 29000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zny.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Route In Use	enroute airway : j75.airway
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 203 flight time total : 12900 flight time type : 1100
ASRS Report	444060
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : provided flight assist flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : returned to intended or assigned course
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

This may be 2 problems. We departed the gate in newark just before a thunderstorm shut down the airport. After the airport opened back up we were told to taxi to runway 4L. Approaching this point we were told to pull over to the right and contact clearance for a new route. Clearance told us to standby. After several aircraft behind us passed us and we knew they were going the same way we were, we asked clearance where our clearance was. We were told they had no paperwork on us. We called our company to refile. Shortly thereafter we were cleared to the runway and cleared for takeoff. Why the big delay? As we were taking the runway for takeoff a route download appeared on the FMC. We loaded and took off. We were filed biggy-J75-gve-cae. I don't know where, but gve dropped out of the route and we were going direct to cae. Center asked what our route was and we responded and discovered what they already knew, we were off course. I do not know if the upload was wrong as we had no time to check this or if we mistakenly dropped it as we were dodging clouds and storms. Guess I will have to monitor route more closely as a flight progresses.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR FLC FLYING B737-700 FROM EWR FAILS TO PROPERLY LOAD THEIR FLT PLAN AS CLRED BY ATC INTO THEIR FMC RESULTING IN A TRACK DEV.

Narrative: THIS MAY BE 2 PROBS. WE DEPARTED THE GATE IN NEWARK JUST BEFORE A TSTM SHUT DOWN THE ARPT. AFTER THE ARPT OPENED BACK UP WE WERE TOLD TO TAXI TO RWY 4L. APCHING THIS POINT WE WERE TOLD TO PULL OVER TO THE R AND CONTACT CLRNC FOR A NEW RTE. CLRNC TOLD US TO STANDBY. AFTER SEVERAL ACFT BEHIND US PASSED US AND WE KNEW THEY WERE GOING THE SAME WAY WE WERE, WE ASKED CLRNC WHERE OUR CLRNC WAS. WE WERE TOLD THEY HAD NO PAPERWORK ON US. WE CALLED OUR COMPANY TO REFILE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER WE WERE CLRED TO THE RWY AND CLRED FOR TKOF. WHY THE BIG DELAY? AS WE WERE TAKING THE RWY FOR TKOF A RTE DOWNLOAD APPEARED ON THE FMC. WE LOADED AND TOOK OFF. WE WERE FILED BIGGY-J75-GVE-CAE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE, BUT GVE DROPPED OUT OF THE RTE AND WE WERE GOING DIRECT TO CAE. CTR ASKED WHAT OUR RTE WAS AND WE RESPONDED AND DISCOVERED WHAT THEY ALREADY KNEW, WE WERE OFF COURSE. I DO NOT KNOW IF THE UPLOAD WAS WRONG AS WE HAD NO TIME TO CHK THIS OR IF WE MISTAKENLY DROPPED IT AS WE WERE DODGING CLOUDS AND STORMS. GUESS I WILL HAVE TO MONITOR RTE MORE CLOSELY AS A FLT PROGRESSES.

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.