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An MD11 crew, on a VOR approach to kjfk, failed to intercept the final approach course, deviating 0.9 NM right of course.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 530813 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200111 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : jfk.airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl single value : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-11 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other other vortac |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : instrument non precision approach : visual arrival : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 530813 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Cleared for VOR/DME runway 22L to kjfk. Assigned heading 260 degrees to intercept. Selected to fly approach in navigation mode but aircraft did not capture final and flew through final approach course. Ended up 0.9 mi right of course. Controller saw the fly-through and re-cleared us for visual approach after confirming runway was insight. I do not believe there was any conflicts arising from this situation. Controller never sounded excited or irritated. The reason the aircraft didn't intercept final was because I didn't clear the 'turn point' on the from line after loading the approach into the FMS. If we had been monitoring VOR raw data this would not have occurred. (Like we're supposed to.)
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN MD11 CREW, ON A VOR APCH TO KJFK, FAILED TO INTERCEPT THE FINAL APCH COURSE, DEVIATING 0.9 NM RIGHT OF COURSE.
Narrative: CLRED FOR VOR/DME RWY 22L TO KJFK. ASSIGNED HEADING 260 DEGS TO INTERCEPT. SELECTED TO FLY APCH IN NAV MODE BUT ACFT DID NOT CAPTURE FINAL AND FLEW THROUGH FINAL APCH COURSE. ENDED UP 0.9 MI RIGHT OF COURSE. CTLR SAW THE FLY-THROUGH AND RE-CLRED US FOR VISUAL APCH AFTER CONFIRMING RWY WAS INSIGHT. I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE WAS ANY CONFLICTS ARISING FROM THIS SIT. CTLR NEVER SOUNDED EXCITED OR IRRITATED. THE REASON THE ACFT DIDN'T INTERCEPT FINAL WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T CLR THE 'TURN POINT' ON THE FROM LINE AFTER LOADING THE APCH INTO THE FMS. IF WE HAD BEEN MONITORING VOR RAW DATA THIS WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED. (LIKE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO.)
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.