Flight crew departing clt reports entering a runway change into the FMC prior to gate departure but ...

Narrative:

After takeoff on runway 18L; clt; F/D commanded a bank to right. PF delayed autopilot (ap) selection due to not desiring to turn to right toward runway 18C & 18R. Ap was selected on when climbing out of about 2000 ft MSL and slight right bank occurred. Clt departure instructed left turn to 110 degree and PF immediately selected left turn using heading select. ATC departure controller stated there was no loss of separation or other problem with any other aircraft. Remainder of flight uneventful. PF (first officer 'first officer') initially selected runway 18C and the meril 5 departure. After discussions with captain and review of tps; decision was made to use runway 18L for departure. After selecting runway 18L; PF did not re-select meril 5 departure. Therefore gergy stayed as initial fix off the runway instead of initial fix changing to hisor for runway 18L. When PF and pm verified route; we both noted gergy as initial fix on the meril 5. PF (first officer) is now fully aware that when runway change is made in the mcdu; the associated departure must also be recycled in order to string the correct initial fix on the departure. Since the pm (captain) was not aware that PF had initially entered runway 18C in mcdu (and therefore runway 18L represented a runway change); he did not do his normal back-up of checking for the new initial fix. I would make sense to have the initial fix on a common departure (such as meril 5 departure covering all three (3) south runways) be tied directly to the associated runway in the mcdu (so it is strung when the runway is selected). Associated but not causal factors include: short taxi; this was PF's (first officer) first time to take off on runway 18L in many years; and ATC ground control stating to our flight that 'we were holding up the line' as we were in the process of doing the before take-off checklist as we approached the departure end of runway 18L.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Crew departing CLT reports entering a runway change into the FMC prior to gate departure but forgetting to reenter the RNAV departure which is runway dependent. A track deviation occurs but no loss of separation.

Narrative: After takeoff on Runway 18L; CLT; F/D commanded a bank to right. PF delayed autopilot (AP) selection due to not desiring to turn to right toward Runway 18C & 18R. AP was selected on when climbing out of about 2000 ft MSL and slight right bank occurred. CLT Departure instructed left turn to 110 degree and PF immediately selected left turn using heading select. ATC Departure controller stated there was no loss of separation or other problem with any other aircraft. Remainder of flight uneventful. PF (First Officer 'F/O') initially selected Runway 18C and the Meril 5 departure. After discussions with Captain and review of TPS; decision was made to use Runway 18L for departure. After selecting Runway 18L; PF did not re-select Meril 5 departure. Therefore Gergy stayed as initial fix off the runway instead of initial fix changing to Hisor for Runway 18L. When PF and PM verified route; we both noted Gergy as initial fix on the Meril 5. PF (F/O) is now fully aware that when Runway change is made in the MCDU; the associated Departure must also be recycled in order to string the correct initial fix on the Departure. Since the PM (Captain) was not aware that PF had initially entered Runway 18C in MCDU (and therefore Runway 18L represented a Runway change); he did not do his normal back-up of checking for the new initial fix. I would make sense to have the initial fix on a common departure (such as Meril 5 departure covering all three (3) south Runways) be tied directly to the associated runway in the MCDU (so it is strung when the Runway is selected). Associated but not causal factors include: short taxi; this was PF's (F/O) first time to take off on Runway 18L in many years; and ATC ground control stating to our flight that 'we were holding up the line' as we were in the process of doing the before take-off checklist as we approached the departure end of Runway 18L.

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.

Attributes
ACN	976963
Time
Date	201110
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	CLT.TRACON
State Reference	NC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	FMS/FMC
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Flight crew departing clt reports entering a runway change into the FMC prior to gate departure but forgetting to reenter the RNAV departure which is runway dependent. A track deviation occurs but no loss of separation.