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A320 captain reports his aircraft turns late on the ewr 8 departure off of runway 22R using LNAV. Turning at approximately 3.5 DME instead of 2.3 to a 220 heading.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 956865 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201106 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | EWR.Tower |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 8000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
We LNAV'd the ewr 8 departure and noticed that the FMGC didn't turn at the 2.3 DME fix off of the localizer ilsq. The FMGC didn't make a turn until 3.5 or so. I haven't flown out of ewr in awhile; but recall this happening before. I've called around to other pilots and they've noticed this as a trend too. A notice needs to come out to have us not LNAV the departure until the software gets corrected.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 Captain reports his aircraft turns late on the EWR 8 departure off of Runway 22R using LNAV. Turning at approximately 3.5 DME instead of 2.3 to a 220 heading.
Narrative: We LNAV'd the EWR 8 departure and noticed that the FMGC didn't turn at the 2.3 DME fix off of the localizer ILSQ. The FMGC didn't make a turn until 3.5 or so. I haven't flown out of EWR in awhile; but recall this happening before. I've called around to other pilots and they've noticed this as a trend too. A notice needs to come out to have us not LNAV the departure until the software gets corrected.
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.