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Air carrier X flight crew misprogramed computer with meads SID (there is not a meads SID) instead of mead 8 departure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 182570 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199107 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : las |
| State Reference | NV |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Route In Use | departure sid : sid |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 182570 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : became reoriented |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
While loading route into FMS I misread mead 8 departure to be meads intersection (our field route was las mead 8, etc). When our pre departure clearance (pre departure clearance) arrived in cockpit, I caught the error. The flight plan printout was not very good and the mead 8 was hard to distinguish from the meads intersection. The meads intersection is on the 067 degree right 32 mi east of las. I feel that having 2 similar words describing 2 units that could both be used for a departure out of the same airport could some day cause a problem.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR X FLT CREW MISPROGRAMED COMPUTER WITH MEADS SID (THERE IS NOT A MEADS SID) INSTEAD OF MEAD 8 DEP.
Narrative: WHILE LOADING RTE INTO FMS I MISREAD MEAD 8 DEP TO BE MEADS INTXN (OUR FIELD RTE WAS LAS MEAD 8, ETC). WHEN OUR PDC (PRE DEP CLRNC) ARRIVED IN COCKPIT, I CAUGHT THE ERROR. THE FLT PLAN PRINTOUT WAS NOT VERY GOOD AND THE MEAD 8 WAS HARD TO DISTINGUISH FROM THE MEADS INTXN. THE MEADS INTXN IS ON THE 067 DEG R 32 MI E OF LAS. I FEEL THAT HAVING 2 SIMILAR WORDS DESCRIBING 2 UNITS THAT COULD BOTH BE USED FOR A DEP OUT OF THE SAME ARPT COULD SOME DAY CAUSE A PROB.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.