Flight crew of a B757 miss programmed their aircraft FMS with the wrong VOR radial. Error admitted.

Attributes
ACN	345320
Time
Date	199608
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 15000 msl bound upper : 15000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zfw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid enroute airway : zfw
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	345320
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	flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Cleared to intercept radial on SID. Missed radial by 3/4 DOT on VOR, due to improper programming on FMS. Once again, computer 1, pilot 0. But seriously, I will be more cognizant of raw data backup.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A B757 MISS PROGRAMMED THEIR ACFT FMS WITH THE WRONG VOR RADIAL. ERROR ADMITTED.

Narrative: CLRED TO INTERCEPT RADIAL ON SID. MISSED RADIAL BY 3/4 DOT ON VOR, DUE TO IMPROPER PROGRAMMING ON FMS. ONCE AGAIN, COMPUTER 1, PLT 0. BUT SERIOUSLY, I WILL BE MORE COGNIZANT OF RAW DATA BACKUP.

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.