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B737 flight crew reported of confusing intersection names. Captain accidently entered the wrong fix into the CDU and the aircraft was off course. ATC questioned the crew and they corrected the intersection.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1327387 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201601 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PDX.Airport |
| State Reference | OR |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| 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 214 Flight Crew Type 12000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 161 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
On the climbout on the SID; center cleared us direct jogen when able. I had been deviating around weather at the time. The first officer was very new and was having problems understanding the clearance; so I read it back to center as I entered what I thought was jogen on line one on the legs page of the CDU. Without realizing it I actually entered the fix after jogen and selected to line one and executed. This fix's name; (though I don't remember it now) also starts with J and is very close to jogen. In fact there are several points on that SID that start with J. After about five minutes; center asked us where we were going direct to. I admitted to him I had entered the wrong fix and we would now proceed direct jogen. All he said was 'roger.'
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 flight crew reported of confusing intersection names. Captain accidently entered the wrong fix into the CDU and the aircraft was off course. ATC questioned the crew and they corrected the intersection.
Narrative: On the climbout on the SID; Center cleared us direct JOGEN when able. I had been deviating around weather at the time. The First Officer was very new and was having problems understanding the clearance; so I read it back to Center as I entered what I thought was JOGEN on line one on the LEGS page of the CDU. Without realizing it I actually entered the fix after JOGEN and selected to line one and executed. This fix's name; (though I don't remember it now) also starts with J and is very close to JOGEN. In fact there are several points on that SID that start with J. After about five minutes; Center asked us where we were going direct to. I admitted to him I had entered the wrong fix and we would now proceed direct JOGEN. All he said was 'Roger.'
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.