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Flight crew of a super MD80 failed to intercept the outbound course over a VOR arrival fix due to wind drift and too shallow of a bank resulting in ATC warning of a potential traffic conflict if not corrected. Correction was made and flight continued without incident.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 397010 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199803 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : rka |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 6000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other cruise other |
| Route In Use | arrival other arrival star : star enroute airway : zny |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 397010 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance 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:
Turned to outbound radial at rka on rka 1 arrival. Combination of 15 degree angle of bank and stiff wind put us a couple of mi off course. ATC called traffic 9 mi, co-altitude. Correction back to outbound radial was increased and flight continued without incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A SUPER MD80 FAILED TO INTERCEPT THE OUTBOUND COURSE OVER A VOR ARR FIX DUE TO WIND DRIFT AND TOO SHALLOW OF A BANK RESULTING IN ATC WARNING OF A POTENTIAL TFC CONFLICT IF NOT CORRECTED. CORRECTION WAS MADE AND FLT CONTINUED WITHOUT INCIDENT.
Narrative: TURNED TO OUTBOUND RADIAL AT RKA ON RKA 1 ARR. COMBINATION OF 15 DEG ANGLE OF BANK AND STIFF WIND PUT US A COUPLE OF MI OFF COURSE. ATC CALLED TFC 9 MI, CO-ALT. CORRECTION BACK TO OUTBOUND RADIAL WAS INCREASED AND FLT CONTINUED WITHOUT INCIDENT.
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.