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Flight crew of an medium large transport tuned in the wrong VOR navigation causing ATC intervention to bring them back to assigned track.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 324710 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199601 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : eca |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 8000 msl bound upper : 18000 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zoa |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent 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 |
| ASRS Report | 324710 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Course deviation. Inbound to oak cleared via the madwin 3. Tuned in mod VOR instead of eca and started tracking the wrong course. ZOA advised us of my error and we returned to course on the 229 degree radial past eca.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MLG TUNED IN THE WRONG VOR NAV CAUSING ATC INTERVENTION TO BRING THEM BACK TO ASSIGNED TRACK.
Narrative: COURSE DEV. INBOUND TO OAK CLRED VIA THE MADWIN 3. TUNED IN MOD VOR INSTEAD OF ECA AND STARTED TRACKING THE WRONG COURSE. ZOA ADVISED US OF MY ERROR AND WE RETURNED TO COURSE ON THE 229 DEG RADIAL PAST ECA.
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.