A320 flight crew reports being queried by washington center about the way the aircraft makes the tur...

Attributes
ACN	860059
Time
Date	200911
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZDC.ARTCC
State Reference	VA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	SID YEAST1
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	FMS/FMC
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 95 Flight Crew Total 6500 Flight Crew Type 2500
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 220 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 4000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

Passing waypoint yeast on climbout on the yeast 1 departure out of richmond; washington center asked if we had time to answer a technical question about the airbus. They wanted to know how the airbus treated flyover vs. Fly-by waypoints; because every night this flight out of richmond misses point yeast by 5.5 miles in the turn to the north. We responded that according to the yeast 1 departure; yeast is not a flyover waypoint; and the fly-by distance is based on airspeed and the amount of turn required. Our fly-by distance from yeast was 4.8 miles. Washington center said that at that distance; we were flying into another sector's airspace and that the airline needs to change it&'s procedures to make yeast a flyover waypoint. We indicated that our procedures are correct and if they (washington center) wanted to make yeast a flyover waypoint; the change needs to be made to the yeast 1 departure and indicated as such on the SID plate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 Flight Crew reports being queried by Washington Center about the way the aircraft makes the turn over YEAST on the YEAST1.MOL departure out of RIC. The center controller states that all A320 aircraft turn well inside of YEAST and enter another sectors airspace.

Narrative: Passing waypoint YEAST on climbout on the Yeast 1 departure out of Richmond; Washington Center asked if we had time to answer a technical question about the Airbus. They wanted to know how the Airbus treated flyover vs. fly-by waypoints; because every night this flight out of Richmond misses point YEAST by 5.5 miles in the turn to the north. We responded that according to the YEAST 1 departure; YEAST is not a flyover waypoint; and the fly-by distance is based on airspeed and the amount of turn required. Our fly-by distance from YEAST was 4.8 miles. Washington center said that at that distance; we were flying into another sector's airspace and that the airline needs to change it&'s procedures to make YEAST a flyover waypoint. We indicated that our procedures are correct and if they (Washington Center) wanted to make YEAST a flyover waypoint; the change needs to be made to the YEAST 1 departure and indicated as such on the SID plate.

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.

A320 flight crew reports being queried by washington center about the way the aircraft makes the turn over yeast on the YEAST1.mol departure out of ric. The center controller states that all A320 aircraft turn well inside of yeast and enter another sectors airspace.