B737 first officer reports his flight being cleared direct to onm by ZAB center. Omn is entered inad...

Attributes
ACN	853360
Time
Date	200909
Place
Locale Reference	ZAB.ARTCC
State Reference	NM
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	FMS/FMC
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 245 Flight Crew Type 4500
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

Abq center cleared our flight direct socorro; direct san simon on course. Omn was inadvertently entered instead of onm. I verified the captain's entry and recall the course line looking correct for our position. However; we started turn towards omn; behind and left of our position. Abq center asked our course and we noted the error and corrected. Our heading had gone about 90 degrees off course. Nothing else mentioned by abq center and it did not seem to be a problem. I am disappointed I missed the simple error when I verified the entry. This would not have happened had I paid closer attention to the FMC programming data before we executed the entry.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 First Officer reports his flight being cleared direct to ONM by ZAB center. OMN is entered inadvertently by the Captain and verified by the First Officer. Center queries the crew as the aircraft turns through 90 degrees in its 'U' turn.

Narrative: ABQ Center cleared our flight direct SOCORRO; direct SAN SIMON on course. OMN was inadvertently entered instead of ONM. I verified the Captain's entry and recall the course line looking correct for our position. However; we started turn towards OMN; behind and left of our position. ABQ Center asked our course and we noted the error and corrected. Our heading had gone about 90 degrees off course. Nothing else mentioned by ABQ Center and it did not seem to be a problem. I am disappointed I missed the simple error when I verified the entry. This would not have happened had I paid closer attention to the FMC programming data before we executed the entry.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

B737 first officer reports his flight being cleared direct to onm by ZAB center. Omn is entered inadvertently by the captain and verified by the first officer. Center queries the crew as the aircraft turns through 90 degrees in its 'U' turn.