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First officer of A320 disconnected autoplt and hand flew aircraft when the FMS did not automatically turn to assigned heading during departure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 513447 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200106 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phd.airport |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Altitude | msl single value : 4000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : p50.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 11500 flight time type : 250 |
| ASRS Report | 513447 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : heading /turn indication other flight crewa |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Departure controller issued a heading change with our FMS departure from phx. Heading selected and FMA annunciated correctly but aircraft did not turn. Disconnected autoplt and turned manually.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FO OF A320 DISCONNECTED AUTOPLT AND HAND FLEW ACFT WHEN THE FMS DID NOT AUTOMATICALLY TURN TO ASSIGNED HEADING DURING DEP.
Narrative: DEP CTLR ISSUED A HEADING CHANGE WITH OUR FMS DEP FROM PHX. HEADING SELECTED AND FMA ANNUNCIATED CORRECTLY BUT ACFT DID NOT TURN. DISCONNECTED AUTOPLT AND TURNED MANUALLY.
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.