Heading track position deviation.

Attributes
ACN	301531
Time
Date	199504
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ric
State Reference	VA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 20000 msl bound upper : 37000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent other
Route In Use	enroute : direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	301531
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	301326
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence other 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:

Our dispatcher filed us on an apparently irregular, unauthorized flight route. There was a note on our flight plan to get a full readback on our clearance. Our pre departure clearance concurred with our flight plan over several fixes and onto a victor airway, then as filed. This seemed to be in concurrence with our flight plan so we proceeded on the victor airway to fak, then ric, when ATC asked if we were heading direct to ric. When we said 'no,' ATC asked what our flight planned route was, we told them. ATC informed us that our routing was wrong and conflicted with what they had in the computer. They asked us to let our flight controllers know that our routing was nonstandard and wrong. We said we would. Supplemental information from acn 301326: the IFR clearance we received from operations was a revised clearance (atl-eaone-spa-J14-gso-fak-V16-ric- kric). To make sure ATC routing was the same, we checked ACARS and it indicated 'cleared as filed.' we should have contacted ATC via clearance delivery as the FAA routing was atl-eaone-spa-J14-ric. Our first indication we were on a different route came with a descent clearance to cross jaxsn intersection at FL190. This intersection was not on our route as we were navigating direct fak. Evidently, ATC did not have the 'revised' clearance, but the original one.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HDG TRACK POS DEV.

Narrative: OUR DISPATCHER FILED US ON AN APPARENTLY IRREGULAR, UNAUTH FLT RTE. THERE WAS A NOTE ON OUR FLT PLAN TO GET A FULL READBACK ON OUR CLRNC. OUR PDC CONCURRED WITH OUR FLT PLAN OVER SEVERAL FIXES AND ONTO A VICTOR AIRWAY, THEN AS FILED. THIS SEEMED TO BE IN CONCURRENCE WITH OUR FLT PLAN SO WE PROCEEDED ON THE VICTOR AIRWAY TO FAK, THEN RIC, WHEN ATC ASKED IF WE WERE HDG DIRECT TO RIC. WHEN WE SAID 'NO,' ATC ASKED WHAT OUR FLT PLANNED RTE WAS, WE TOLD THEM. ATC INFORMED US THAT OUR ROUTING WAS WRONG AND CONFLICTED WITH WHAT THEY HAD IN THE COMPUTER. THEY ASKED US TO LET OUR FLT CTLRS KNOW THAT OUR ROUTING WAS NONSTANDARD AND WRONG. WE SAID WE WOULD. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 301326: THE IFR CLRNC WE RECEIVED FROM OPS WAS A REVISED CLRNC (ATL-EAONE-SPA-J14-GSO-FAK-V16-RIC- KRIC). TO MAKE SURE ATC ROUTING WAS THE SAME, WE CHKED ACARS AND IT INDICATED 'CLRED AS FILED.' WE SHOULD HAVE CONTACTED ATC VIA CLRNC DELIVERY AS THE FAA ROUTING WAS ATL-EAONE-SPA-J14-RIC. OUR FIRST INDICATION WE WERE ON A DIFFERENT RTE CAME WITH A DSCNT CLRNC TO CROSS JAXSN INTXN AT FL190. THIS INTXN WAS NOT ON OUR RTE AS WE WERE NAVING DIRECT FAK. EVIDENTLY, ATC DID NOT HAVE THE 'REVISED' CLRNC, BUT THE ORIGINAL ONE.

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.