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Captain of an mdt failed to reprogram arrival routing properly in the FMC resulting in ATC intervention to alert crew of their wrong track and bring them back to assigned arrival route.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 326720 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199601 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : aml airport : dca |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 7000 msl bound upper : 7000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : dca |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Dash 8 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Route In Use | arrival other arrival star : star |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 4800 flight time type : 1100 |
| ASRS Report | 326720 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other anomaly other 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:
On STAR into dca we received direct manne clearance. Since this intersection was not in the arnav's route list, captain entered manne and commanded autoplt to go direct, but did not list manne in the arnav's route list. After manne, aircraft flew on straight (I'm not sure if autoplt was on navigation mode or heading mode) and did not turn to aml, our next waypoint. Within 1 min, approach asked if we were going to aml at which time we corrected and turned on course. I just thought this was interesting in light of the cali, colombia, crash. It should be stressed that even in aircraft with sophisticated and reliable navigation equipment, the pilot still has to 'fly' the autoplt. It didn't mess up, we did!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF AN MDT FAILED TO REPROGRAM ARR ROUTING PROPERLY IN THE FMC RESULTING IN ATC INTERVENTION TO ALERT CREW OF THEIR WRONG TRACK AND BRING THEM BACK TO ASSIGNED ARR RTE.
Narrative: ON STAR INTO DCA WE RECEIVED DIRECT MANNE CLRNC. SINCE THIS INTXN WAS NOT IN THE ARNAV'S RTE LIST, CAPT ENTERED MANNE AND COMMANDED AUTOPLT TO GO DIRECT, BUT DID NOT LIST MANNE IN THE ARNAV'S RTE LIST. AFTER MANNE, ACFT FLEW ON STRAIGHT (I'M NOT SURE IF AUTOPLT WAS ON NAV MODE OR HDG MODE) AND DID NOT TURN TO AML, OUR NEXT WAYPOINT. WITHIN 1 MIN, APCH ASKED IF WE WERE GOING TO AML AT WHICH TIME WE CORRECTED AND TURNED ON COURSE. I JUST THOUGHT THIS WAS INTERESTING IN LIGHT OF THE CALI, COLOMBIA, CRASH. IT SHOULD BE STRESSED THAT EVEN IN ACFT WITH SOPHISTICATED AND RELIABLE NAV EQUIP, THE PLT STILL HAS TO 'FLY' THE AUTOPLT. IT DIDN'T MESS UP, WE DID!
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.