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Flight crew had language difficulties during foreign operations. Language problem resulted in flying the wrong departure. The problem was compounded by malfunctioning navigation radios and transponder.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 432475 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199903 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : rctp.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 8000 msl bound upper : 15000 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-10 30F |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 432475 |
| 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 flight crewa other flight crewb other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We read back the clearance and ATC did not respond with any changes. There was a big language problem and the radio was not very clear, which enhanced poor communication. We ended up flying the wrong SID and had to get a vector on course. Not helping the problem was that the VOR navigation radios were malfunctioning and the transponder was not sending reliable altitude information.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC HAD LANGUAGE DIFFICULTIES DURING FOREIGN OPS. LANGUAGE PROB RESULTED IN FLYING THE WRONG DEP. THE PROB WAS COMPOUNDED BY MALFUNCTIONING NAV RADIOS AND XPONDER.
Narrative: WE READ BACK THE CLRNC AND ATC DID NOT RESPOND WITH ANY CHANGES. THERE WAS A BIG LANGUAGE PROB AND THE RADIO WAS NOT VERY CLR, WHICH ENHANCED POOR COM. WE ENDED UP FLYING THE WRONG SID AND HAD TO GET A VECTOR ON COURSE. NOT HELPING THE PROB WAS THAT THE VOR NAV RADIOS WERE MALFUNCTIONING AND THE XPONDER WAS NOT SENDING RELIABLE ALT INFO.
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.