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The flight crew of a fractional jet was confused by a clearance including the rokit 1 RNAV STAR which serves multiple airports.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 897766 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201007 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZHU.ARTCC |
| State Reference | TX |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise Descent |
| Route In Use | STAR Rocket 1 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
En-route to sgr we were issued a re-route. The controller gave us a few fixes and a jet airway to a fix and then the rokit 1 RNAV STAR. We programmed the FMS for the rokit 1; and pulled the chart. Before flying the wrong route; we queried the controller about the routing after a certain fix; and the controller came back with some confusion about our query; and stated we must have an old chart; from there he gave us a different route. What we discovered is the rokit 1 to hou is different from the rokit 1 to iah. The rokit 1 route is also dependent on a landing direction in the FMS. We did not consider that the rokit 1 could be different depending on the airport served. Since this was an en-route change; we did not consider multiple rokit 1s. This is a confusing routing mistake I believe destined to happen to others.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The Flight Crew of a fractional jet was confused by a clearance including the ROKIT 1 RNAV STAR which serves multiple airports.
Narrative: En-route to SGR we were issued a re-route. The Controller gave us a few fixes and a jet airway to a fix and then the ROKIT 1 RNAV STAR. We programmed the FMS for the ROKIT 1; and pulled the chart. Before flying the wrong route; we queried the Controller about the routing after a certain fix; and the Controller came back with some confusion about our query; and stated we must have an old chart; from there he gave us a different route. What we discovered is the ROKIT 1 to HOU is different from the ROKIT 1 to IAH. The ROKIT 1 route is also dependent on a landing direction in the FMS. We did not consider that the ROKIT 1 could be different depending on the airport served. Since this was an en-route change; we did not consider multiple ROKIT 1s. This is a confusing routing mistake I believe destined to happen to others.
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.