Heading deviation on airways. PF, first officer, started out the wrong airway J26 vice J96. Flight crew caught the error at the same time ATC intervened for a heading vector.

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Attributes
ACN	344930
Time
Date	199608
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : irk
State Reference	MO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 31000 msl bound upper : 31000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zkc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 6000
ASRS Report	344930
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	344921
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
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:

First officer started tracking outbound on J26 with flight plan J96. Center then gave vectors direct sln (air crew started with correction just as center called). J26/J96 very similar looking/sounding and in close proximity on the high 1-2 chart.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HDG DEV ON AIRWAYS. PF, FO, STARTED OUT THE WRONG AIRWAY J26 VICE J96. FLC CAUGHT THE ERROR AT THE SAME TIME ATC INTERVENED FOR A HDG VECTOR.

Narrative: FO STARTED TRACKING OUTBOUND ON J26 WITH FLT PLAN J96. CTR THEN GAVE VECTORS DIRECT SLN (AIR CREW STARTED WITH CORRECTION JUST AS CTR CALLED). J26/J96 VERY SIMILAR LOOKING/SOUNDING AND IN CLOSE PROX ON THE HIGH 1-2 CHART.

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.