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An air carrier flight crew flying an MD80 near rbg VOR fails to comply with ATC instructions to proceed direct to the VOR when able.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 453320 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199910 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | OR |
| Altitude | msl single value : 35000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zoa.artcc tower : dal.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Route In Use | enroute : direct enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 1500 |
| ASRS Report | 453320 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance non adherence : company policies non adherence : far other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : became reoriented |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I was PF. Had been given a heading direct roseburg VOR when able. I was eating dinner. Captain handling radio. When I was initially given the vector for rbg we were out of reception range. Aircraft was on heading select. When I finished dinner I realized we were 15 mi northwest of the VOR, when we should have picked up the VOR many mi earlier and tracked direct to it. I totally messed up and have no excuse. I allowed talking and eating dinner to distract me from noticing that the VOR was identifiable and had come alive and we should have been tracking it. I informed the captain and he told ATC that we were correcting back to the east. ATC gave us a heading for pye for the arrival and flight continued without incident. I think, in the future, it may be a good idea to xfer roles to PNF whilst eating because when the pilot moves the seat back to eat on the MD80, the HSI is completely obscured by the control column.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR FLC FLYING AN MD80 NEAR RBG VOR FAILS TO COMPLY WITH ATC INSTRUCTIONS TO PROCEED DIRECT TO THE VOR WHEN ABLE.
Narrative: I WAS PF. HAD BEEN GIVEN A HDG DIRECT ROSEBURG VOR WHEN ABLE. I WAS EATING DINNER. CAPT HANDLING RADIO. WHEN I WAS INITIALLY GIVEN THE VECTOR FOR RBG WE WERE OUT OF RECEPTION RANGE. ACFT WAS ON HDG SELECT. WHEN I FINISHED DINNER I REALIZED WE WERE 15 MI NW OF THE VOR, WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE PICKED UP THE VOR MANY MI EARLIER AND TRACKED DIRECT TO IT. I TOTALLY MESSED UP AND HAVE NO EXCUSE. I ALLOWED TALKING AND EATING DINNER TO DISTRACT ME FROM NOTICING THAT THE VOR WAS IDENTIFIABLE AND HAD COME ALIVE AND WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TRACKING IT. I INFORMED THE CAPT AND HE TOLD ATC THAT WE WERE CORRECTING BACK TO THE E. ATC GAVE US A HDG FOR PYE FOR THE ARR AND FLT CONTINUED WITHOUT INCIDENT. I THINK, IN THE FUTURE, IT MAY BE A GOOD IDEA TO XFER ROLES TO PNF WHILST EATING BECAUSE WHEN THE PLT MOVES THE SEAT BACK TO EAT ON THE MD80, THE HSI IS COMPLETELY OBSCURED BY THE CTL COLUMN.
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.