Heading track position deviation by air carrier medium large transport.

Attributes
ACN	306690
Time
Date	199506
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : lbf
State Reference	NE
Altitude	msl bound lower : 35000 msl bound upper : 35000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdv
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	arrival other arrival star : star
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	306690
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other anomaly 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:

Captain programmed FMC before flight. Selected sayge 1 arrival, but neglected to select lbf transition. Apparently first officer did not confirm route. Aircraft was in LNAV and, upon reaching lbf, started direct sayge. About 30-40 mi west of lbf, ATC queried flight about route. I acknowledged mistake, ATC cleared us direct to an intersection on the arrival, no conflict apparent.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HDG TRACK POS DEV BY ACR MLG.

Narrative: CAPT PROGRAMMED FMC BEFORE FLT. SELECTED SAYGE 1 ARR, BUT NEGLECTED TO SELECT LBF TRANSITION. APPARENTLY FO DID NOT CONFIRM RTE. ACFT WAS IN LNAV AND, UPON REACHING LBF, STARTED DIRECT SAYGE. ABOUT 30-40 MI W OF LBF, ATC QUERIED FLT ABOUT RTE. I ACKNOWLEDGED MISTAKE, ATC CLRED US DIRECT TO AN INTXN ON THE ARR, NO CONFLICT APPARENT.

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.