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A BE400 flight crew flies towards the wrong waypoint after having entered the incorrect identify for aco, oh.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 536742 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200201 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cle.airport |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : cle.tracon |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Beechjet 400 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 8500 flight time type : 390 |
| ASRS Report | 536742 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued advisory flight crew : returned to intended or assigned course flight crew : became reoriented |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We were climbing out of cle. Our clearance had us flying runway heading initially. Our first clearance fix was akron VOR. Cle departure then cleared us direct akron. We put direct to akron into the FMS and proceeded to fly the course. Soon departure told us we were on the wrong heading for akron. We rechked the FMS and found we had entered the akron, co, identify (ako) instead of akron, oh, (aco). The incident could have been avoided by checking the FMS coordinates more closely.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BE400 FLC FLIES TOWARDS THE WRONG WAYPOINT AFTER HAVING ENTERED THE INCORRECT IDENT FOR ACO, OH.
Narrative: WE WERE CLBING OUT OF CLE. OUR CLRNC HAD US FLYING RWY HDG INITIALLY. OUR FIRST CLRNC FIX WAS AKRON VOR. CLE DEP THEN CLRED US DIRECT AKRON. WE PUT DIRECT TO AKRON INTO THE FMS AND PROCEEDED TO FLY THE COURSE. SOON DEP TOLD US WE WERE ON THE WRONG HDG FOR AKRON. WE RECHKED THE FMS AND FOUND WE HAD ENTERED THE AKRON, CO, IDENT (AKO) INSTEAD OF AKRON, OH, (ACO). THE INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED BY CHKING THE FMS COORDINATES MORE CLOSELY.
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.