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Captain of a B737-800 turned wrong way after takeoff due to misprogramming the FMC with the wrong heading. The captain had started the correction just before departure controller advised of the error.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 446717 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199908 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ord.airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | msl single value : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : c90.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-800 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Route In Use | departure sid : ns |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 230 |
| ASRS Report | 446717 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 130 |
| ASRS Report | 446590 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued alert flight crew : returned to original clearance |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Cleared for takeoff on runway 32L at ord with a turn to 330 degrees after takeoff. Heading bug was incorrectly set to 030 degrees. Turning north, turn was stopped and turn back to 330 degrees was commenced just prior to tower calling to correct our turn. No conflict was noted. ACARS printer was inoperative and with runway change workload was increased. As captain, I allowed pretkof checks to be rushed and potentially dangerous error resulted.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF A B737-800 TURNED WRONG WAY AFTER TKOF DUE TO MISPROGRAMMING THE FMC WITH THE WRONG HDG. THE CAPT HAD STARTED THE CORRECTION JUST BEFORE DEP CTLR ADVISED OF THE ERROR.
Narrative: CLRED FOR TKOF ON RWY 32L AT ORD WITH A TURN TO 330 DEGS AFTER TKOF. HDG BUG WAS INCORRECTLY SET TO 030 DEGS. TURNING N, TURN WAS STOPPED AND TURN BACK TO 330 DEGS WAS COMMENCED JUST PRIOR TO TWR CALLING TO CORRECT OUR TURN. NO CONFLICT WAS NOTED. ACARS PRINTER WAS INOP AND WITH RWY CHANGE WORKLOAD WAS INCREASED. AS CAPT, I ALLOWED PRETKOF CHKS TO BE RUSHED AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ERROR RESULTED.
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.