A cessna turbo 210 pilot suffered a track deviation when he misprogrammed his IFR route into the air...

Attributes
ACN	1016488
Time
Date	201206
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	CZEG.ARTCC
State Reference	AB
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 210 Centurion / Turbo Centurion 210C 210D
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	GPS & Other Satellite Navigation
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 22 Flight Crew Total 3000 Flight Crew Type 1000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

I used foreflight on my ipad to file and brief an IFR flight plan from great falls to springbank airport (west of calgary). However; when I got in the airplane to program the route into my airplane's GPS I failed to input one waypoint; namely; cutbank.as I was flying north from great falls; my airplane's zoomed-in GPS showed me on the centerline of my route; but my ipad showed me getting more and more to the right of course. The controller queried me as to whether I was heading straight to lethbridge instead of to cutbank; and that was when I realized my mistake. I was heading to lethbridge; because I had omitted inputting the cutbank waypoint. Lesson one: be sure to double-check when programming the route from the listing on the ipad to the airplane's GPS. Lesson two: believe the VOR when it shows you off the airway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Cessna Turbo 210 pilot suffered a track deviation when he misprogrammed his IFR route into the aircraft's GPS based navigation system. ATC advised of the deviations and the reporter corrected the error.

Narrative: I used ForeFlight on my iPad to file and brief an IFR flight plan from Great Falls to Springbank airport (west of Calgary). However; when I got in the airplane to program the route into my airplane's GPS I failed to input one waypoint; namely; Cutbank.As I was flying north from Great Falls; my airplane's zoomed-in GPS showed me on the centerline of my route; but my iPad showed me getting more and more to the right of course. The controller queried me as to whether I was heading straight to Lethbridge instead of to Cutbank; and that was when I realized my mistake. I was heading to Lethbridge; because I had omitted inputting the Cutbank waypoint. Lesson one: Be sure to double-check when programming the route from the listing on the iPad to the airplane's GPS. Lesson two: Believe the VOR when it shows you off the airway.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

A cessna turbo 210 pilot suffered a track deviation when he misprogrammed his IFR route into the aircraft's GPS based navigation system. ATC advised of the deviations and the reporter corrected the error.