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Aircraft B737-200. Heading deviation during cruise. Reporter flight crew turned direct instead of following clearance of a radial and distance fix. Controller intervened and cleared reporter direct after a short heading vector.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 345600 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199609 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : ckb |
| State Reference | WV |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 26000 msl bound upper : 26000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 345600 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance non adherence : far 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:
Clearance after ckb read ckb 197055 mol. Instead turned direct mol after passing ckb. ZDC questioned our heading and turned us to 180 degrees, shortly afterwards, reclred us direct mol.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACFT B737-200. HDG DEV DURING CRUISE. RPTR FLC TURNED DIRECT INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING CLRNC OF A RADIAL AND DISTANCE FIX. CTLR INTERVENED AND CLRED RPTR DIRECT AFTER A SHORT HDG VECTOR.
Narrative: CLRNC AFTER CKB READ CKB 197055 MOL. INSTEAD TURNED DIRECT MOL AFTER PASSING CKB. ZDC QUESTIONED OUR HDG AND TURNED US TO 180 DEGS, SHORTLY AFTERWARDS, RECLRED US DIRECT MOL.
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.