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Flight crew of an medium large transport set the wrong departure heading into the VOR resulting in ATC intervention and vectoring them back on course.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 344430 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199608 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phl |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 15000 msl bound upper : 15000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | departure other enroute airway : zny |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 11200 flight time type : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 344430 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| 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:
Climbing out of phl after passing over mxe the first officer put 248 degree radial outbound as the sun was directly in our eyes and neither one of us caught it. My radio was set on the next fix, so I was not backing him up. We should have been on the 278 degree. After putting up the sun visors, we discovered the problem and quickly corrected. The center also called us and told us to turn back to 278 degrees. A good corrective action when I am in the same situation would be to call out the heading changes and radio changes the same way we do for altitude changes whenever the sun is directly in our eyes. That way we can double check it.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN MLG SET THE WRONG DEP HEADING INTO THE VOR RESULTING IN ATC INTERVENTION AND VECTORING THEM BACK ON COURSE.
Narrative: CLBING OUT OF PHL AFTER PASSING OVER MXE THE FO PUT 248 DEG RADIAL OUTBOUND AS THE SUN WAS DIRECTLY IN OUR EYES AND NEITHER ONE OF US CAUGHT IT. MY RADIO WAS SET ON THE NEXT FIX, SO I WAS NOT BACKING HIM UP. WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE 278 DEG. AFTER PUTTING UP THE SUN VISORS, WE DISCOVERED THE PROB AND QUICKLY CORRECTED. THE CTR ALSO CALLED US AND TOLD US TO TURN BACK TO 278 DEGS. A GOOD CORRECTIVE ACTION WHEN I AM IN THE SAME SIT WOULD BE TO CALL OUT THE HEADING CHANGES AND RADIO CHANGES THE SAME WAY WE DO FOR ALT CHANGES WHENEVER THE SUN IS DIRECTLY IN OUR EYES. THAT WAY WE CAN DOUBLE CHK IT.
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.