Narrative:

Air carrier flight X from dtw-gla filed route nat 'U' baban, un 54 mac direct inkip direct gla. When over korib (54 degrees 13.0 north 13 degrees west) shannon control 132.15 cleared us to nipit intersection. Unable to find nipit on our charts, we asked for the coordinates. Shannon control did not have the coordinates for us, so I asked for radar vectors and they gave us a heading to nipit. Air carrier Y gave us the coordinates of nipit (north 55 degrees 27.1 - west 8 degrees 24.2). We placed them in the INS and went direct. We were switched to scottish control. He indicated that we were off course about 40 degrees and descended us to FL350 from FL370. He asked what sequence of events that put us in that position? We stated the above happened. After landing we met air carrier station manager of gla and briefed him to what happened. He called scottish control and sorted out the events. He indicated a violation would be placed on shannon control for giving us a clearance to a position and not supplying us with the coordinates. While in air carrier office we were able to find nipit intersection (north 54 degrees 27.1 west 8 degrees 24.2). The north coordinate we received from air carrier Y was wrong. If we followed our flight plan the above could have been prevented. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: 'nipit' is a new, non reporting fix near the west coast of ireland that the reporter had never heard of before. He either wrote down the north coordinate wrong, or it was given to him wrong. The body time for this crew was very early morning, and no one could find the fix. There has not yet been any action against the crew by the FAA. There was another air carrier aircraft in the vicinity wbound, but there was not yet any loss of separation when radar contact was established.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: THERE WAS A POTENTIAL LOSS OF SEPARATION DUE TO AN ACR FLYING TO THE WRONG COORDINATES OVER IRELAND.

Narrative: ACR FLT X FROM DTW-GLA FILED RTE NAT 'U' BABAN, UN 54 MAC DIRECT INKIP DIRECT GLA. WHEN OVER KORIB (54 DEGS 13.0 N 13 DEGS W) SHANNON CTL 132.15 CLRED US TO NIPIT INTXN. UNABLE TO FIND NIPIT ON OUR CHARTS, WE ASKED FOR THE COORDINATES. SHANNON CTL DID NOT HAVE THE COORDINATES FOR US, SO I ASKED FOR RADAR VECTORS AND THEY GAVE US A HDG TO NIPIT. ACR Y GAVE US THE COORDINATES OF NIPIT (N 55 DEGS 27.1 - W 8 DEGS 24.2). WE PLACED THEM IN THE INS AND WENT DIRECT. WE WERE SWITCHED TO SCOTTISH CTL. HE INDICATED THAT WE WERE OFF COURSE ABOUT 40 DEGS AND DSNDED US TO FL350 FROM FL370. HE ASKED WHAT SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT PUT US IN THAT POS? WE STATED THE ABOVE HAPPENED. AFTER LNDG WE MET ACR STATION MGR OF GLA AND BRIEFED HIM TO WHAT HAPPENED. HE CALLED SCOTTISH CTL AND SORTED OUT THE EVENTS. HE INDICATED A VIOLATION WOULD BE PLACED ON SHANNON CTL FOR GIVING US A CLRNC TO A POS AND NOT SUPPLYING US WITH THE COORDINATES. WHILE IN ACR OFFICE WE WERE ABLE TO FIND NIPIT INTXN (N 54 DEGS 27.1 W 8 DEGS 24.2). THE N COORDINATE WE RECEIVED FROM ACR Y WAS WRONG. IF WE FOLLOWED OUR FLT PLAN THE ABOVE COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: 'NIPIT' IS A NEW, NON RPTING FIX NEAR THE W COAST OF IRELAND THAT THE RPTR HAD NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE. HE EITHER WROTE DOWN THE N COORDINATE WRONG, OR IT WAS GIVEN TO HIM WRONG. THE BODY TIME FOR THIS CREW WAS VERY EARLY MORNING, AND NO ONE COULD FIND THE FIX. THERE HAS NOT YET BEEN ANY ACTION AGAINST THE CREW BY THE FAA. THERE WAS ANOTHER ACR ACFT IN THE VICINITY WBOUND, BUT THERE WAS NOT YET ANY LOSS OF SEPARATION WHEN RADAR CONTACT WAS ESTABLISHED.

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.