FLC OF CPR SMT ACFT DEVIATED FROM ASSIGNED TRACK DUE TO SETTING THE WRONG NAVAID FREQ.
Synopsis
FLC OF CPR SMT ACFT DEVIATED FROM ASSIGNED TRACK DUE TO SETTING THE WRONG NAVAID FREQ.
Narrative
CTR ADVISED US; UPON PASSING LAKE HENRY VOR (LHY); WE WERE APPROX 6 MI N OF V-58; OUR ASSIGNED AIRWAY. CTR REQUESTED OUR OUTBOUND RADIAL FROM LHY TO WHICH I REPLIED 088 DEGS. WE IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED TO THE R; HOWEVER; WE WERE STILL NOT SURE WHY OUR #1 NAV WAS SHOWING US CTRED ON THE AIRWAY. I ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE VOR FREQ SET IN #1 NAV 3 TIMES BEFORE I REALIZED IT WAS TUNED TO WILLIAMSPORT (IPT) VOR! PRIOR TO DISCOVERING THE ABOVE; WE HAD TUNED #2 NAV TO LHY VOR WHEN CTR ADVISED US WE WERE ON V-58 OUR #2 NAV; WHICH WAS PROPERLY SET; INDICATED WE WERE S OF THE AIRWAY! ONCE LHY VOR WAS PROPERLY TUNED #1 IDENTED ON #1 VOR WE DID SHOW PROPER AIRWAY LOCATION. THE ACFT VOR CHK BOOK WAS ON BOARD AND CURRENT. ON THE SAME LEG OF THE FLT WHILE WORKING OTHER VOR FREQS; BOTH NAV UNITS WERE IN AGREEMENT REGARDING OUR POS. WE ALSO CONDUCTED A GND VOT CHK THE SAME DAY WITH BOTH NAV UNITS SHOWING PROPER ALIGNMENT. PRIOR TO CTR CALLING OUR POS; WE HAD BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF COMPUTING ENG PERFORMANCE AND TRUE AIRSPD CALCULATIONS. AFTER GIVING THE SITUATION MUCH THOUGHT; IN THE FUTURE I WILL PROPERLY SEE WHAT I LOOK AT; IDENT THE NAV STATION; AND PAY MUCH CLOSER ATTN TO THE NAV PROCESS; ESPECIALLY WHEN IN CLOSE PROX TO NAV STATIONS. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO TFC CONFLICTIONS; THESE ARE THE TYPES OF MISTAKES THAT CAN CAUSE THOSE SITUATIONS TO ARISE.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.