Narrative:

During cruise phase; I received an amendment to my route from sby VOR. The route was changed from J209 to the orf VOR to a new route departing sby on J79 to chs VOR. While inputting the revised routing into the FMS (garmin 530W) I referenced government jet route charts. Tracing down the route I saw what I believed to be the next VOR in the leg; hpw; which I programmed into the system. However; the next VOR was; in fact; fkn.the error was a result of misreading the labels on the chart. The hpw information box on the chart depicting the frequency and identifier is directly above and adjacent to the compass rose of the fkn VOR on J79; and is actually quite far away on the chart from the compass rose for the actual hpw VOR. Further the north symbol on the compass rose of the fkn VOR is pointing to the hpw info box which; in my haste to program the change; I mistook for a directional arrow indicating for which VOR the information box referred. Ideally; the high altitude chart would reposition the hpw label to be a little further away from the fkn VOR compass rose.my reading error was compounded by fact that the confusion was not about which VOR on the map to use but rather where the labeling was; as I continued to believe that hpw was the right code for the VOR on J79 as depicted on the map. However; in reviewing the situation on the map displays in the cockpit and upon query by ATC I realized the error and took the appropriate action to correct back to J79.clearly; the problem was my interpretation of the map; however; in this case; some modest editing to reduce confusion regarding the labeling of those vors would be helpful.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Upon receipt of a revised airways clearance via J-79; a PA46T pilot mis-programmed his GPS with the identifier for HPW VOR vice FKN and suffered a track deviation until corrected by ATC. The reporter cited confusing NACO enroute charting as a contributing factor.

Narrative: During cruise phase; I received an amendment to my route from SBY VOR. The route was changed from J209 to the ORF VOR to a new route departing SBY on J79 to CHS VOR. While inputting the revised routing into the FMS (Garmin 530W) I referenced government jet route charts. Tracing down the route I saw what I believed to be the next VOR in the leg; HPW; which I programmed into the system. However; the next VOR was; in fact; FKN.The error was a result of misreading the labels on the chart. The HPW information box on the chart depicting the frequency and identifier is directly above and adjacent to the compass rose of the FKN VOR on J79; and is actually quite far away on the chart from the compass rose for the actual HPW VOR. Further the North symbol on the compass rose of the FKN VOR is pointing to the HPW info box which; in my haste to program the change; I mistook for a directional arrow indicating for which VOR the information box referred. Ideally; the high altitude chart would reposition the HPW label to be a little further away from the FKN VOR compass rose.My reading error was compounded by fact that the confusion was not about which VOR on the map to use but rather where the labeling was; as I continued to believe that HPW was the right code for the VOR on J79 as depicted on the map. However; in reviewing the situation on the map displays in the cockpit and upon query by ATC I realized the error and took the appropriate action to correct back to J79.Clearly; the problem was my interpretation of the map; however; in this case; some modest editing to reduce confusion regarding the labeling of those VORs would be helpful.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.