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A flight crew reported incorrectly entering zabel intersection in the FMS on a cvg lovely 2 departure instead of zabal intersection; resulting in a track deviation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 887428 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201005 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | CVG.Airport |
| State Reference | KY |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Route In Use | SID LOVEY2 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | FMS/FMC |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 13000 Flight Crew Type 60 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 2457 Flight Crew Type 50 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
We were given our IFR clearance from cvg with the lovey 2 departure and told to expect runway 27. Upon taxing out we were given runway 36 which changes the departure procedure. During the departure climb at approximately 6000' we were given direct zabal intersection. We turned left and southerly towards zabal and the controller asked us which fix we were navigating towards; we replied zabal and he told us to turn to a heading of 350 to avoid restricted airspace. We complied and we checked the waypoint in the FMS. I noticed that the waypoint was misspelled as zabel. Unfortunately there is a zabel intersection in the vicinity and was input incorrectly by a crew member. We did not enter restricted airspace nor did we cause a conflict of air traffic. We were told to contact ATC when we landed; we explained the error and apologized for the mistake.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Flight Crew reported incorrectly entering ZABEL Intersection in the FMS on a CVG LOVELY 2 Departure instead of ZABAL Intersection; resulting in a track deviation.
Narrative: We were given our IFR clearance from CVG with the LOVEY 2 departure and told to expect Runway 27. Upon taxing out we were given Runway 36 which changes the departure procedure. During the departure climb at approximately 6000' we were given direct ZABAL intersection. We turned left and southerly towards ZABAL and the Controller asked us which fix we were navigating towards; we replied ZABAL and he told us to turn to a heading of 350 to avoid restricted airspace. We complied and we checked the waypoint in the FMS. I noticed that the waypoint was misspelled as ZABEL. Unfortunately there is a ZABEL intersection in the vicinity and was input incorrectly by a crew member. We did not enter restricted airspace nor did we cause a conflict of air traffic. We were told to contact ATC when we landed; we explained the error and apologized for the mistake.
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.