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Flight crew of air carrier large transport aircraft inadvertently deviated from assigned intercept heading due to confusion of 2 similar sounding named VOR navaids.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 228774 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199212 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : rsw |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 22000 msl bound upper : 22000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zma |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 5605 flight time type : 1700 |
| ASRS Report | 228774 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We were flying south to lee county VOR. We received a heading to intercept the 108 radial off of either lee county or collier county (I don't remember which) after initiating a turn to intercept the collier county 108 radial. It may be helpful to rename one of these VOR's. The names are similar, and they are only 23 mi apart.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF ACR LGT ACFT INADVERTENTLY DEVIATED FROM ASSIGNED INTERCEPT HDG DUE TO CONFUSION OF 2 SIMILAR SOUNDING NAMED VOR NAVAIDS.
Narrative: WE WERE FLYING S TO LEE COUNTY VOR. WE RECEIVED A HDG TO INTERCEPT THE 108 RADIAL OFF OF EITHER LEE COUNTY OR COLLIER COUNTY (I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH) AFTER INITIATING A TURN TO INTERCEPT THE COLLIER COUNTY 108 RADIAL. IT MAY BE HELPFUL TO RENAME ONE OF THESE VOR'S. THE NAMES ARE SIMILAR, AND THEY ARE ONLY 23 MI APART.
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.