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Air carrier pilot new to equipment fails to notice incorrect route programming in FMS and flies wrong airway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 451351 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199910 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : sby.vor |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 35000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdc.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-400 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : j209.airway enroute airway : j79.airway |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 451640 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 7900 flight time type : 315 |
| ASRS Report | 451351 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : became reoriented |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Misprogrammed the route in the FMS. Controller called our attention to this and cleared us direct, then as filed. We made the correction and had no further incident. There were no conflicts that we know of. Both pilots doublechking the route in the FMS would have prevented the situation. Supplemental information from acn 451640: I am new to the B737-400 coming over from the B737-200. I got busy during the ground phase and did not check his work thinking he had been on it for yrs. My lesson is: even though someone has a lot of experience they can still make a mistake. I will check all FMC entries from now on.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR PLT NEW TO EQUIP FAILS TO NOTICE INCORRECT RTE PROGRAMMING IN FMS AND FLIES WRONG AIRWAY.
Narrative: MISPROGRAMMED THE RTE IN THE FMS. CTLR CALLED OUR ATTN TO THIS AND CLRED US DIRECT, THEN AS FILED. WE MADE THE CORRECTION AND HAD NO FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO CONFLICTS THAT WE KNOW OF. BOTH PLTS DOUBLECHKING THE RTE IN THE FMS WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE SIT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 451640: I AM NEW TO THE B737-400 COMING OVER FROM THE B737-200. I GOT BUSY DURING THE GND PHASE AND DID NOT CHK HIS WORK THINKING HE HAD BEEN ON IT FOR YRS. MY LESSON IS: EVEN THOUGH SOMEONE HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE THEY CAN STILL MAKE A MISTAKE. I WILL CHK ALL FMC ENTRIES FROM NOW ON.
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.