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First officer of a DC9 failed to follow STAR routing due to setting the wrong outbound radial in the VOR course selector. Approach controller noticed the error and vectored the flight crew back to the published route.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 427410 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199902 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : pdz airport : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 8000 msl bound upper : 8000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Flight Phase | descent other |
| Route In Use | arrival other arrival star : star enroute airway : lax |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 10000 |
| ASRS Report | 427410 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
First officer, PF, passing pdz VOR misset course indicator to 227 degrees -- should have been 277 degrees. Within 2-3 mi, approach gave us a vector to correct routing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FO OF A DC9 FAILED TO FOLLOW STAR ROUTING DUE TO SETTING THE WRONG OUTBOUND RADIAL IN THE VOR COURSE SELECTOR. APCH CTLR NOTICED THE ERROR AND VECTORED THE FLC BACK TO THE PUBLISHED RTE.
Narrative: FO, PF, PASSING PDZ VOR MISSET COURSE INDICATOR TO 227 DEGS -- SHOULD HAVE BEEN 277 DEGS. WITHIN 2-3 MI, APCH GAVE US A VECTOR TO CORRECT ROUTING.
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.