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Flight crew of a B727 responded to another aircraft's clearance and turned off assigned track. ARTCC radar controller intervened and gave them another heading.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 416970 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199810 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : etx |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 22000 msl bound upper : 22000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zny |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | enroute airway : zny |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 5500 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 416970 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
At FL270, center notified us that their computer was down, then said to make a right 360 degree turn. This was read back. 90 degrees through the turn, the controller questioned us. They told us we were following someone else's clearance. Controller gave us a new heading.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A B727 RESPONDED TO ANOTHER ACFT'S CLRNC AND TURNED OFF ASSIGNED TRACK. ARTCC RADAR CTLR INTERVENED AND GAVE THEM ANOTHER HDG.
Narrative: AT FL270, CTR NOTIFIED US THAT THEIR COMPUTER WAS DOWN, THEN SAID TO MAKE A R 360 DEG TURN. THIS WAS READ BACK. 90 DEGS THROUGH THE TURN, THE CTLR QUESTIONED US. THEY TOLD US WE WERE FOLLOWING SOMEONE ELSE'S CLRNC. CTLR GAVE US A NEW HDG.
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.