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A320 captain reported a track deviation when they navigated to pumkn instead of pmpkn after takeoff from ord.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1279501 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201507 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ORD.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 175 Flight Crew Total 990 Flight Crew Type 146 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
Received a reroute from clearance delivery after pushback from the gate. Controller read the full route phonetically; starting with pumkn as the first fix. We inserted it into the [flight computer] as was read to us. We did not notice that the [flight route] started with the first fix being pmpkn. After departure were cleared direct pmpkn; and when the aircraft started the turn; the departure controller immediately gave us a vector to heading 060 and queried us about the spelling of the fix.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 Captain reported a track deviation when they navigated to PUMKN instead of PMPKN after takeoff from ORD.
Narrative: Received a reroute from clearance delivery after pushback from the gate. Controller read the full route phonetically; starting with PUMKN as the first fix. We inserted it into the [Flight Computer] as was read to us. We did not notice that the [flight route] started with the first fix being PMPKN. After departure were cleared direct PMPKN; and when the aircraft started the turn; the departure controller immediately gave us a vector to heading 060 and queried us about the spelling of the fix.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.