An L1011 flight crew flies towards the wrong VOR during their departure procedure south of lax, ca.

Attributes
ACN	464820
Time
Date	200002
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 8000 msl bound upper : 15000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sct.tracon tower : bis.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	L-1011 Tri-Star All Series
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure : on vectors departure sid : laxx 3 enroute : direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6000
ASRS Report	464820
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 1800
ASRS Report	464503
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : radar other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued alert
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On departure from lax, currently on a vector, off SID, then socal told us to proceed direct seal beach, then cleared the transition to flight plan route. Smo was tuned in vors and our initial turn was to smo (heading of northwest at the time). Very soon after rolling out, socal repeated that we were cleared sli, and directed a turn towards sli. Tune, identify, and monitor! Supplemental information from acn 464503: several factors caused error: 1) takeoff procedure required use of smo VOR. 2) FMS dropped sli as waypoint after takeoff, so FMS/INS was not usable. 3) delaying vectors and hold-downs increased workload. 4) IFR conditions made visual awareness of wrong direction impossible. Supplemental information from acn 464659: flew by mistake towards smo VOR which was still dialed in from the departure procedure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN L1011 FLC FLIES TOWARDS THE WRONG VOR DURING THEIR DEP PROC S OF LAX, CA.

Narrative: ON DEP FROM LAX, CURRENTLY ON A VECTOR, OFF SID, THEN SOCAL TOLD US TO PROCEED DIRECT SEAL BEACH, THEN CLRED THE TRANSITION TO FLT PLAN RTE. SMO WAS TUNED IN VORS AND OUR INITIAL TURN WAS TO SMO (HDG OF NW AT THE TIME). VERY SOON AFTER ROLLING OUT, SOCAL REPEATED THAT WE WERE CLRED SLI, AND DIRECTED A TURN TOWARDS SLI. TUNE, IDENT, AND MONITOR! SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 464503: SEVERAL FACTORS CAUSED ERROR: 1) TKOF PROC REQUIRED USE OF SMO VOR. 2) FMS DROPPED SLI AS WAYPOINT AFTER TKOF, SO FMS/INS WAS NOT USABLE. 3) DELAYING VECTORS AND HOLD-DOWNS INCREASED WORKLOAD. 4) IFR CONDITIONS MADE VISUAL AWARENESS OF WRONG DIRECTION IMPOSSIBLE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 464659: FLEW BY MISTAKE TOWARDS SMO VOR WHICH WAS STILL DIALED IN FROM THE DEP PROC.

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.