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A misspelling of covim as covin during entry of a route change in the FMS results in an immediately noted track deviation during arrival to mem.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 527300 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200110 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : mem.vor |
| State Reference | TN |
| Altitude | msl single value : 4000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 527300 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : turbulence inflight encounter : weather non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Planned runway 36R. ATC changed runway to runway 27 then cleared flight to 'covim.' first officer mistyped in 'covin.' aircraft started wrong direction. Realized error at same time ATC inquired of heading. New vector given to 'covim.' factors: 1) turbulence WX. 2) thunderstorms to go through. 3) first officer heard 'covin' instead of 'covim.' suggest rename of 'covim' on runway 27 at mem.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A MISSPELLING OF COVIM AS COVIN DURING ENTRY OF A RTE CHANGE IN THE FMS RESULTS IN AN IMMEDIATELY NOTED TRACK DEV DURING ARR TO MEM.
Narrative: PLANNED RWY 36R. ATC CHANGED RWY TO RWY 27 THEN CLRED FLT TO 'COVIM.' FO MISTYPED IN 'COVIN.' ACFT STARTED WRONG DIRECTION. REALIZED ERROR AT SAME TIME ATC INQUIRED OF HDG. NEW VECTOR GIVEN TO 'COVIM.' FACTORS: 1) TURB WX. 2) TSTMS TO GO THROUGH. 3) FO HEARD 'COVIN' INSTEAD OF 'COVIM.' SUGGEST RENAME OF 'COVIM' ON RWY 27 AT MEM.
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.