<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1377054, July 2016

Emb-145 flight crew reported misspelling a fix in their FMS resulting in a track deviation on departure.

Attributes
ACN	1377054
Time
Date	201607
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ORD.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

Upon initial climbout departing ord; ATC instructed us to proceed direct to the fix 'pmpkn.' the flight plan in the FMS was entered with the fix 'pmpkn' spelled incorrectly; which was not caught during preflight planning. Upon selecting 'navigation' with the autopilot engaged; the aircraft began flying towards the incorrect fix. We then realized the aircraft proceeding the wrong direction and began to turn back the correct way towards 'pmpkn;' at which time ATC queried us as to where we were going. We told ATC that we were correcting course to proceed direct 'pmpkn.'the fix 'pmpkn' was incorrectly spelled when entered into the FMS and was not caught by either pilot during preflight. It is important to verify that all fixes entered into the flight plan be verified against the applicable charts for correct spelling during preflight; and any time the flight plan is amended.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB-145 flight crew reported misspelling a fix in their FMS resulting in a track deviation on departure.

Narrative: Upon initial climbout departing ORD; ATC instructed us to proceed direct to the fix 'PMPKN.' The flight plan in the FMS was entered with the fix 'PMPKN' spelled incorrectly; which was not caught during preflight planning. Upon selecting 'NAV' with the autopilot engaged; the aircraft began flying towards the incorrect fix. We then realized the aircraft proceeding the wrong direction and began to turn back the correct way towards 'PMPKN;' at which time ATC queried us as to where we were going. We told ATC that we were correcting course to proceed direct 'PMPKN.'The fix 'PMPKN' was incorrectly spelled when entered into the FMS and was not caught by either pilot during preflight. It is important to verify that all fixes entered into the flight plan be verified against the applicable charts for correct spelling during preflight; and any time the flight plan is amended.

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.