Widebody transport aircraft gives eto for wrong waypoint on overwater flight.

Attributes
ACN	294810
Time
Date	199501
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zan
State Reference	AK
Altitude	msl bound lower : 37000 msl bound upper : 37000
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : other oceanic enroute : pacific enroute airway : zan
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	294810
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We were flight sjc-nrt FL370, .83 mach out of radar coverage, but still in radio contact with zan. We were instructed to give position report at sya to zan. Waypoints to cross were sya, powal pasro. Powal was a non mandatory reporting point. Fob gave sya position report to zan and gave the eto for powal inadvertently for pasro. This eto was 36 mins before pasro. We were 6 mins behind flight plan so when we arrived at powal I double-checked numbers I noticed fob had given incorrect eto for pasro. Crossing powal, zan was told we would be crossing pasro. I should have caught this at the sya position report, but I did not. We attempted contact with zan but were unable to get them, which is a common occurrence. We had been instructed to contact tyo radio at pasro, so we called them up and informed them although we were not technically in their airspace yet. The fob was doing the radio and the airep form and I was doing the plotting, but you must double-check each other. I do double-check, but missed this one. So arriving at the non mandatory reporting point, powal, prior to pasro, the waypoint, we thought we had given the eto for, we noticed the mistake and realized ATC thought we would be at the next waypoint, pasro (a mandatory waypoint) at that specified time. We immediately notified tokyo radio. Double-check, double-check, double-check. I am going to be more careful to designate on my miscellaneous 14 flight plans which waypoints are mandatory and non mandatory reporting points.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WDB ACFT GIVES ETO FOR WRONG WAYPOINT ON OVERWATER FLT.

Narrative: WE WERE FLT SJC-NRT FL370, .83 MACH OUT OF RADAR COVERAGE, BUT STILL IN RADIO CONTACT WITH ZAN. WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO GIVE POS RPT AT SYA TO ZAN. WAYPOINTS TO CROSS WERE SYA, POWAL PASRO. POWAL WAS A NON MANDATORY RPTING POINT. FOB GAVE SYA POS RPT TO ZAN AND GAVE THE ETO FOR POWAL INADVERTENTLY FOR PASRO. THIS ETO WAS 36 MINS BEFORE PASRO. WE WERE 6 MINS BEHIND FLT PLAN SO WHEN WE ARRIVED AT POWAL I DOUBLE-CHKED NUMBERS I NOTICED FOB HAD GIVEN INCORRECT ETO FOR PASRO. XING POWAL, ZAN WAS TOLD WE WOULD BE XING PASRO. I SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THIS AT THE SYA POS RPT, BUT I DID NOT. WE ATTEMPTED CONTACT WITH ZAN BUT WERE UNABLE TO GET THEM, WHICH IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE. WE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT TYO RADIO AT PASRO, SO WE CALLED THEM UP AND INFORMED THEM ALTHOUGH WE WERE NOT TECHNICALLY IN THEIR AIRSPACE YET. THE FOB WAS DOING THE RADIO AND THE AIREP FORM AND I WAS DOING THE PLOTTING, BUT YOU MUST DOUBLE-CHK EACH OTHER. I DO DOUBLE-CHK, BUT MISSED THIS ONE. SO ARRIVING AT THE NON MANDATORY RPTING POINT, POWAL, PRIOR TO PASRO, THE WAYPOINT, WE THOUGHT WE HAD GIVEN THE ETO FOR, WE NOTICED THE MISTAKE AND REALIZED ATC THOUGHT WE WOULD BE AT THE NEXT WAYPOINT, PASRO (A MANDATORY WAYPOINT) AT THAT SPECIFIED TIME. WE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED TOKYO RADIO. DOUBLE-CHK, DOUBLE-CHK, DOUBLE-CHK. I AM GOING TO BE MORE CAREFUL TO DESIGNATE ON MY MISC 14 FLT PLANS WHICH WAYPOINTS ARE MANDATORY AND NON MANDATORY RPTING POINTS.

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.