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First officer programmed wrong radial and DME for noise abatement turn into FMS. Was caught by captain later and flight crew took action to correct.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 425000 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199901 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dca |
| State Reference | DC |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 1500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : msp |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Route In Use | departure : noise abatement departure other departure sid : sid |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 425000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
Departing dca on runway 36. First officer takeoff. Procedure is to fly visually over potomac river to georgetown reservoir (D4.0 dca VOR) then intercept and track dca 328 degree radial until past 10 DME arc. First officer programmed FMS for dca 328 degree radial 4 DME, then direct en route fix. I missed this error (should have been 328 degree radial, 10 DME or more). I was monitoring raw data and observed us passing west of 328 degree radial. Corrected back, but was confused by FMS track. Need to be more vigilant in checking FMS in hand loaded sits.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FO PROGRAMMED WRONG RADIAL AND DME FOR NOISE ABATEMENT TURN INTO FMS. WAS CAUGHT BY CAPT LATER AND FLC TOOK ACTION TO CORRECT.
Narrative: DEPARTING DCA ON RWY 36. FO TKOF. PROC IS TO FLY VISUALLY OVER POTOMAC RIVER TO GEORGETOWN RESERVOIR (D4.0 DCA VOR) THEN INTERCEPT AND TRACK DCA 328 DEG RADIAL UNTIL PAST 10 DME ARC. FO PROGRAMMED FMS FOR DCA 328 DEG RADIAL 4 DME, THEN DIRECT ENRTE FIX. I MISSED THIS ERROR (SHOULD HAVE BEEN 328 DEG RADIAL, 10 DME OR MORE). I WAS MONITORING RAW DATA AND OBSERVED US PASSING W OF 328 DEG RADIAL. CORRECTED BACK, BUT WAS CONFUSED BY FMS TRACK. NEED TO BE MORE VIGILANT IN CHKING FMS IN HAND LOADED SITS.
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.