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The flight crew builds the wavie, il, intersection as the first departure waypoint into their FMC rather than the wavey, ny, intersection.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 336651 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199605 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lga |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 10000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 336651 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance 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:
Flight from lga-iad following ground hold: reroute issued approximately 3 mins prior to takeoff clearance. First officer entered raw data on VOR display for initial fix (wavey intersection) from low altitude chart. Captain began entry into FMGC for new route. Captain took first officer's chart to complete entries. Checklists run quickly prior to imminent takeoff clearance. I felt comfortable with my raw data available to navigation to first fix. Time would be available after takeoff for me to verify captain's FMS entries. Soon after departure clearance was issued direct to wavey. I had not verified the FMS entries and turned to the map display flight director guided fix when captain executed the FMS direct. I was busy climbing in rough cumulus between 6000- 12000 ft and did not note that our westerly heading did not concur with the raw data fix to our south. After approximately 5 mi on the west heading ATC asked where we were going. He turned us south. I then noted the fix we were going to was wavie near ord, not wavey south of jfk. My mistake for not catching the west heading error. Captain should not have accepted the hurried departure and should have communicated with first officer for verification prior to execution of routing. Perhaps ATC software could flag controllers to similarly named and spelled navigation fixes for pilot awareness.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: THE FLC BUILDS THE WAVIE, IL, INTXN AS THE FIRST DEP WAYPOINT INTO THEIR FMC RATHER THAN THE WAVEY, NY, INTXN.
Narrative: FLT FROM LGA-IAD FOLLOWING GND HOLD: REROUTE ISSUED APPROX 3 MINS PRIOR TO TKOF CLRNC. FO ENTERED RAW DATA ON VOR DISPLAY FOR INITIAL FIX (WAVEY INTXN) FROM LOW ALT CHART. CAPT BEGAN ENTRY INTO FMGC FOR NEW RTE. CAPT TOOK FO'S CHART TO COMPLETE ENTRIES. CHKLISTS RUN QUICKLY PRIOR TO IMMINENT TKOF CLRNC. I FELT COMFORTABLE WITH MY RAW DATA AVAILABLE TO NAV TO FIRST FIX. TIME WOULD BE AVAILABLE AFTER TKOF FOR ME TO VERIFY CAPT'S FMS ENTRIES. SOON AFTER DEP CLRNC WAS ISSUED DIRECT TO WAVEY. I HAD NOT VERIFIED THE FMS ENTRIES AND TURNED TO THE MAP DISPLAY FLT DIRECTOR GUIDED FIX WHEN CAPT EXECUTED THE FMS DIRECT. I WAS BUSY CLBING IN ROUGH CUMULUS BTWN 6000- 12000 FT AND DID NOT NOTE THAT OUR WESTERLY HDG DID NOT CONCUR WITH THE RAW DATA FIX TO OUR S. AFTER APPROX 5 MI ON THE W HDG ATC ASKED WHERE WE WERE GOING. HE TURNED US S. I THEN NOTED THE FIX WE WERE GOING TO WAS WAVIE NEAR ORD, NOT WAVEY S OF JFK. MY MISTAKE FOR NOT CATCHING THE W HDG ERROR. CAPT SHOULD NOT HAVE ACCEPTED THE HURRIED DEP AND SHOULD HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH FO FOR VERIFICATION PRIOR TO EXECUTION OF ROUTING. PERHAPS ATC SOFTWARE COULD FLAG CTLRS TO SIMILARLY NAMED AND SPELLED NAV FIXES FOR PLT AWARENESS.
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.