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A B767 crew, departing iad, experiencing communications problems, failed to respond to tower's assigned heading.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 535983 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200201 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iad.airport |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | other |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : iad.tower tower : msp.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other other vortac |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 21 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 21 |
| ASRS Report | 536188 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Took off runway 1R with runway heading to 3000 ft. My first takeoff in B767 and 3D flight in glass cockpit airplane. Tower: turn right to 350 degrees. When request was repeated, I realized captain could not hear controller. Third time tower called, I answered. Tower was saying turn right to 350 degrees, but when I looked at HSI, a heading of 350 degrees was to left. Confusing. I had been anticipating a right turn away from the parallel traffic on runway 1L and also south toward mia. Then the captain got back on the radio and we were given a new heading by tower. At one point the controller aid he had given us a heading of 120 degrees. And the captain read back 220 and was not corrected. Contributing factors: 1) training flight. 2) new to aircraft. 3) new to glass. 4) dark. 5) 3-NUMBER frequency display is hard to read. 6) hard to find speaker/radio volume which is not illuminated. 7) didn't realize the captain was having radio problems until third transmission from tower, which was about the time the captain resumed radio.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767 CREW, DEPARTING IAD, EXPERIENCING COMS PROBS, FAILED TO RESPOND TO TWR'S ASSIGNED HDG.
Narrative: TOOK OFF RWY 1R WITH RWY HDG TO 3000 FT. MY FIRST TKOF IN B767 AND 3D FLT IN GLASS COCKPIT AIRPLANE. TWR: TURN R TO 350 DEGS. WHEN REQUEST WAS REPEATED, I REALIZED CAPT COULD NOT HEAR CTLR. THIRD TIME TWR CALLED, I ANSWERED. TWR WAS SAYING TURN R TO 350 DEGS, BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT HSI, A HDG OF 350 DEGS WAS TO L. CONFUSING. I HAD BEEN ANTICIPATING A R TURN AWAY FROM THE PARALLEL TFC ON RWY 1L AND ALSO S TOWARD MIA. THEN THE CAPT GOT BACK ON THE RADIO AND WE WERE GIVEN A NEW HDG BY TWR. AT ONE POINT THE CTLR AID HE HAD GIVEN US A HDG OF 120 DEGS. AND THE CAPT READ BACK 220 AND WAS NOT CORRECTED. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1) TRAINING FLT. 2) NEW TO ACFT. 3) NEW TO GLASS. 4) DARK. 5) 3-NUMBER FREQ DISPLAY IS HARD TO READ. 6) HARD TO FIND SPEAKER/RADIO VOLUME WHICH IS NOT ILLUMINATED. 7) DIDN'T REALIZE THE CAPT WAS HAVING RADIO PROBS UNTIL THIRD XMISSION FROM TWR, WHICH WAS ABOUT THE TIME THE CAPT RESUMED RADIO.
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.