MD80 crew had track deviation.

Attributes
ACN	462971
Time
Date	200002
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
State Reference	MA
Altitude	msl single value : 21000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zbw.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Route In Use	enroute : direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	462971
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
ASRS Report	462970
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued alert controller : issued new clearance
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Course deviation. After being given direct to center VOR, cam waypoint was removed from route, which resulted in aircraft proceeding direct to syr VOR rather than cam. ATC gave course heading to cam. No further action resulted.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 CREW HAD TRACK DEV.

Narrative: COURSE DEV. AFTER BEING GIVEN DIRECT TO CTR VOR, CAM WAYPOINT WAS REMOVED FROM RTE, WHICH RESULTED IN ACFT PROCEEDING DIRECT TO SYR VOR RATHER THAN CAM. ATC GAVE COURSE HDG TO CAM. NO FURTHER ACTION RESULTED.

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.