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Departing out of eri; the pilot inadvertently entered yaark instead of yarrk into the flight plan; resulting in a heading deviation after takeoff.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1286471 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201508 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ERI.Airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb Initial Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
While loading the flight plan out of eri I loaded the wrong initial fix; instead of yarrk; I entered yaark. Yaark is very similar in spelling and distance but it is to the east of eri instead of the west. During climb-out we were given a right turn direct yarrk but we made a big right turn to the east towards yaark. ATC asked where we were going; we realized something wasn't right and asked for a heading towards the correct fix and corrected our error. The flight continued safely without further incidence.the fixes are very similar in spelling and location; it is hard to recognize this error.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Departing out of ERI; the pilot inadvertently entered YAARK instead of YARRK into the flight plan; resulting in a heading deviation after takeoff.
Narrative: While loading the flight plan out of ERI I loaded the wrong initial fix; instead of YARRK; I entered YAARK. YAARK is very similar in spelling and distance but it is to the east of ERI instead of the west. During climb-out we were given a right turn direct YARRK but we made a big right turn to the east towards YAARK. ATC asked where we were going; we realized something wasn't right and asked for a heading towards the correct fix and corrected our error. The flight continued safely without further incidence.The fixes are very similar in spelling and location; it is hard to recognize this error.
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.