Air carrier 7 mi off course in mountainous terrain near slc, ut.

Attributes
ACN	465200
Time
Date	200003
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : slc.airport
State Reference	UT
Altitude	msl single value : 16000
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : s56.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	descent : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	arrival star : spane.3
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument
ASRS Report	465200
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	465199
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllerb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

While on spane arrival into slc we erroneously followed gfms map from spane directly to slc. We should have flown raw data and stayed on arrival. This error put us 7.5 NM east off course when we noticed. While correcting back to course, slc approach gave us a heading and cleared us from 16000 to 11000. Uneventful visual approach followed. We called slc approach after landing and they said no traffic conflict occurred.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR 7 MI OFF COURSE IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN NEAR SLC, UT.

Narrative: WHILE ON SPANE ARR INTO SLC WE ERRONEOUSLY FOLLOWED GFMS MAP FROM SPANE DIRECTLY TO SLC. WE SHOULD HAVE FLOWN RAW DATA AND STAYED ON ARR. THIS ERROR PUT US 7.5 NM E OFF COURSE WHEN WE NOTICED. WHILE CORRECTING BACK TO COURSE, SLC APCH GAVE US A HEADING AND CLRED US FROM 16000 TO 11000. UNEVENTFUL VISUAL APCH FOLLOWED. WE CALLED SLC APCH AFTER LNDG AND THEY SAID NO TFC CONFLICT OCCURRED.

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.