Air carrier X non adherence to ATC clearance. Route deviation. Pilot deviation.

Attributes
ACN	202457
Time
Date	199202
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : air
State Reference	OH
Altitude	msl bound lower : 31000 msl bound upper : 31000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zid
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	202457
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

When commencing STAR (blunt 4) from over air to cvg. Center instructed to cross 35 NM west air at FL310. Aircraft was at cruise altitude FL410. FMS loaded with crossing restriction. FMS route had been loaded by captain and doublechked by first officer, per normal procedures, during preflight. Shortly after passing air, ZID gave a heading change from approximately 240 degrees to 290 degrees. The aircraft had been flying the FMS route. The first officer and myself felt that the center had given a clearance direct to blunt. After indianapolis instructed to turn right heading 290 degrees and questioned our routing, I and the first officer were not certain whether we should have been proceeding direct blunt or that the FMS had dumped the route when we put the crossing restriction in the FMS. Upon arrival at cvg I called indianapolis and cleveland ctrs. Indianapolis was not aware of any problem and ZOB supervisor stated that the situation had been taken care of. Cleveland stated that aircraft must fly the entire STAR for handoffs to indianapolis and his controller should not have cleared our flight direct blunt.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR X NON ADHERENCE TO ATC CLRNC. RTE DEV. PLTDEV.

Narrative: WHEN COMMENCING STAR (BLUNT 4) FROM OVER AIR TO CVG. CTR INSTRUCTED TO CROSS 35 NM W AIR AT FL310. ACFT WAS AT CRUISE ALT FL410. FMS LOADED WITH XING RESTRICTION. FMS RTE HAD BEEN LOADED BY CAPT AND DOUBLECHKED BY FO, PER NORMAL PROCS, DURING PREFLT. SHORTLY AFTER PASSING AIR, ZID GAVE A HDG CHANGE FROM APPROX 240 DEGS TO 290 DEGS. THE ACFT HAD BEEN FLYING THE FMS RTE. THE FO AND MYSELF FELT THAT THE CTR HAD GIVEN A CLRNC DIRECT TO BLUNT. AFTER INDIANAPOLIS INSTRUCTED TO TURN R HDG 290 DEGS AND QUESTIONED OUR RTING, I AND THE FO WERE NOT CERTAIN WHETHER WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROCEEDING DIRECT BLUNT OR THAT THE FMS HAD DUMPED THE RTE WHEN WE PUT THE XING RESTRICTION IN THE FMS. UPON ARR AT CVG I CALLED INDIANAPOLIS AND CLEVELAND CTRS. INDIANAPOLIS WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEM AND ZOB SUPVR STATED THAT THE SITUATION HAD BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. CLEVELAND STATED THAT ACFT MUST FLY THE ENTIRE STAR FOR HDOFS TO INDIANAPOLIS AND HIS CTLR SHOULD NOT HAVE CLRED OUR FLT DIRECT BLUNT.

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.