Narrative:

Departure was rushed to make schedule departure XA57 from lax-ewr. Computer fpr was J96 from drk VOR to gup VOR. However, ATC clearance was via J10, drk VOR to fmn VOR. Early morning rush to make scheduled departure and improper oversight by me as PIC. Original flight plan should have been X'ed out or destroyed, so as not to accidentally revert to planned route. On computer flight plan instead of actual cleared route. First officer was very experienced and I had complete trust that he was capable of loading correct waypoints, but both first officer and myself failed to use a visible method of marking the computer flight plan. Greater than 99% of the time the cleared route is the same as the computer flight plan. But not always -- as I found out the hard way. ATC was very nice and caught my error. Possible contributing factor was being sleepy at early call for XA57 departure, no breakfast and not as alert as if later departure. End of week of night/day mixed cargo flts which sleep was difficult. This will never happen to me again. I won't permit it.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DC10 FLC FAILED TO FOLLOW THE ACTUAL FPR CLRED BY ATC DUE TO PROGRAMMING INTO THE ACFT NAV COMPUTER PROGRAM THE PROPOSED FLT PLAN.

Narrative: DEP WAS RUSHED TO MAKE SCHEDULE DEP XA57 FROM LAX-EWR. COMPUTER FPR WAS J96 FROM DRK VOR TO GUP VOR. HOWEVER, ATC CLRNC WAS VIA J10, DRK VOR TO FMN VOR. EARLY MORNING RUSH TO MAKE SCHEDULED DEP AND IMPROPER OVERSIGHT BY ME AS PIC. ORIGINAL FLT PLAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN X'ED OUT OR DESTROYED, SO AS NOT TO ACCIDENTALLY REVERT TO PLANNED RTE. ON COMPUTER FLT PLAN INSTEAD OF ACTUAL CLRED RTE. FO WAS VERY EXPERIENCED AND I HAD COMPLETE TRUST THAT HE WAS CAPABLE OF LOADING CORRECT WAYPOINTS, BUT BOTH FO AND MYSELF FAILED TO USE A VISIBLE METHOD OF MARKING THE COMPUTER FLT PLAN. GREATER THAN 99% OF THE TIME THE CLRED RTE IS THE SAME AS THE COMPUTER FLT PLAN. BUT NOT ALWAYS -- AS I FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY. ATC WAS VERY NICE AND CAUGHT MY ERROR. POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS BEING SLEEPY AT EARLY CALL FOR XA57 DEP, NO BREAKFAST AND NOT AS ALERT AS IF LATER DEP. END OF WK OF NIGHT/DAY MIXED CARGO FLTS WHICH SLEEP WAS DIFFICULT. THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN. I WON'T PERMIT IT.

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.