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Home › Safety › Incident Reports › Deviation Track Heading All Types › Boeing 727

Boeing 727: Deviation Track Heading All Types incidents

412 voluntary NASA ASRS incident reports for “Boeing 727” aircraft categorised as “Deviation Track Heading All Types”.

412Total reports
17Years with data

Reports by year

YearReports
20121
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20091
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200213
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Recent report synopses

  • 2012-10 A B727-200 departed a non towered airport cleared to maintain runway heading to 5;000 FT but at 2;000 FT turned as per the Obstacle Departure Procedure (ODP) because of a predisposition for briefed pre-takeoff procedure.
  • 2011-05 A B727-200 fatigued flight crew; after flying all night in weather; were cleared for a visual approach at their destination; but headed toward a nearby airport with the same runway orientation until alerted by ATC.
  • 2010-12 A B727 Engineer reported that the Captain; on duty for fourteen hours; failed to reselect the correct NAVAID allowing the aircraft to deviate before ATC alerted.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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