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An air carrier flight crew flying a B727 near sax failed to tune their navigation radios properly resulting in a track deviation and failure to meet a crossing restr.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 452500 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199910 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl single value : 7000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | arrival star : shaff 4 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 70 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 1800 |
| ASRS Report | 452500 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 8500 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 452010 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : crossing restriction not met non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other spatial deviation |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance controller : provided flight assist flight crew : became reoriented 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:
Told to cross sparta VOR 25 DME fix on the shaff 4 arrival into ewr at 7000 ft, but dialed in 115.9 vice 115.7. Was left of course and missed crossing restr by about 2000 ft. We discovered our mistake when approach asked us where we were going and immediately corrected.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR FLC FLYING A B727 NEAR SAX FAILED TO TUNE THEIR NAV RADIOS PROPERLY RESULTING IN A TRACK DEV AND FAILURE TO MEET A XING RESTR.
Narrative: TOLD TO CROSS SPARTA VOR 25 DME FIX ON THE SHAFF 4 ARR INTO EWR AT 7000 FT, BUT DIALED IN 115.9 VICE 115.7. WAS L OF COURSE AND MISSED XING RESTR BY ABOUT 2000 FT. WE DISCOVERED OUR MISTAKE WHEN APCH ASKED US WHERE WE WERE GOING AND IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED.
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.