When cleared direct to hanaa waypoint the flight crew of a dash 8 entered hanna from their legs page...

Attributes
ACN	1110986
Time
Date	201308
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZBW.ARTCC
State Reference	NH
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Dash 8-400
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	FMS/FMC
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

On climbout we were given two left turns and we were now heading towards alb. Departure then gave us direct to hanaa and a frequency change to bos center. The aircraft turned 180 degrees because we had hanna programmed into the FMS instead of hanaa. When we realized the mistake; bos center asked where we were going; we replied that we had put the wrong hanaa in; center jokingly replied 'go direct alb; there is only one of those.' we then turned direct to alb and continued the flight.when verifying the flight plan; be sure to check the total mileage in the FMS; check the spelling letter by letter of each fix. Hanaa and hanna are so similar; we both missed the data entry error.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: When cleared direct to HANAA waypoint the flight crew of a Dash 8 entered HANNA from their legs page; not realizing it had been misspelled in their filed route. The start of a 180 degree turn alerted them to the error and they were recleared direct to a local VOR.

Narrative: On climbout we were given two left turns and we were now heading towards ALB. Departure then gave us direct to HANAA and a frequency change to BOS Center. The aircraft turned 180 degrees because we had HANNA programmed into the FMS instead of HANAA. When we realized the mistake; BOS Center asked where we were going; we replied that we had put the wrong HANAA in; Center jokingly replied 'go direct ALB; there is only one of those.' We then turned direct to ALB and continued the flight.When verifying the flight plan; be sure to check the total mileage in the FMS; check the spelling letter by letter of each fix. HANAA and HANNA are so similar; we both missed the Data Entry error.

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.

When cleared direct to hanaa waypoint the flight crew of a dash 8 entered hanna from their legs page; not realizing it had been misspelled in their filed route. The start of a 180 degree turn alerted them to the error and they were recleared direct to a local VOR.