Navigation error admitted. First officer misprogrammed FMC prior to departure procedure STAR. Radar vectoring for en route turned into a heading track position deviation. Non adherence to ATC clearance procedure.

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Attributes
ACN	355433
Time
Date	199612
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fll
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zma
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-90 Series (DC-9-90) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	355433
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	flight crew : became reoriented 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:

On ground, during preflight cockpit checks and set-up, we let ourselves get rushed. (Late inbound equipment.) first officer made FMS programming error. I didn't catch it. He programmed the departure as fll direct thndr instead of fll-dhp-thndr. When departure gave us a heading to intercept the SID, the error caused us to turn towards thndr a little early. The controller caught the error and pointed it out to us.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NAV ERROR ADMITTED. FO MISPROGRAMMED FMC PRIOR TO DEP PROC STAR. RADAR VECTORING FOR ENRTE TURNED INTO A HDG TRACK POS DEV. NON ADHERENCE TO ATC CLRNC PROC.

Narrative: ON GND, DURING PREFLT COCKPIT CHKS AND SET-UP, WE LET OURSELVES GET RUSHED. (LATE INBOUND EQUIP.) FO MADE FMS PROGRAMMING ERROR. I DIDN'T CATCH IT. HE PROGRAMMED THE DEP AS FLL DIRECT THNDR INSTEAD OF FLL-DHP-THNDR. WHEN DEP GAVE US A HDG TO INTERCEPT THE SID, THE ERROR CAUSED US TO TURN TOWARDS THNDR A LITTLE EARLY. THE CTLR CAUGHT THE ERROR AND POINTED IT OUT TO US.

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.