Air carrier captain reports entering transposed numbers for a nrs (national reference system) waypoi...

Narrative:

The flight plan consisted of many direct fixes including the 'new' fixes such as KD54S. I had just read a report the previous day about mis-entry into the FMC using similar fixes. I was conscious of the potential for error while programming the FMC but still managed to transpose the cleared fix - KD54S- into an incorrect fix KD45S. The first officer and I noticed the big dog-leg in the flight plan; but I had thought it was for avoidance of a very large dissipating weather cell around the denver area. Approximately 5 minutes after passing cleve; denver center queried us regarding the fix we were navigating to. I responded to KD45S and immediately saw the correct fix should have been KD54S. I entered the fix into the FMC and told the controller what had happened and that we were turning toward KD54S. The controller said it was not a problem and issued a clearance further west and more direct toward our destination.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier Captain reports entering transposed numbers for a NRS (National Reference System) waypoint into the FMC; resulting in a track deviation detected by ZDV.

Narrative: The flight plan consisted of many direct fixes including the 'new' fixes such as KD54S. I had just read a report the previous day about mis-entry into the FMC using similar fixes. I was conscious of the potential for error while programming the FMC but still managed to transpose the cleared fix - KD54S- into an incorrect fix KD45S. The first officer and I noticed the big dog-leg in the flight plan; but I had thought it was for avoidance of a very large dissipating weather cell around the Denver area. Approximately 5 minutes after passing CLEVE; Denver Center queried us regarding the fix we were navigating to. I responded to KD45S and immediately saw the correct fix should have been KD54S. I entered the fix into the FMC and told the Controller what had happened and that we were turning toward KD54S. The Controller said it was not a problem and issued a clearance further west and more direct toward our destination.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1113924
Time
Date	201309
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZDV.ARTCC
State Reference	CO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	FMS/FMC
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 15775 Flight Crew Type 3700
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Air carrier captain reports entering transposed numbers for a nrs (national reference system) waypoint into the FMC; resulting in a track deviation detected by ZDV.