1994-03 · NASA ASRS report 265265
WDB FLC MAKES WRONG DIRECTION TURN WHEN USING SID.
THE PROB AROSE DUE TO FATIGUE. I FLEW IN FROM NARITA; AND THE CAPT GAVE ME THE OPTION OF FLYING BACK TO NARITA. I JUMP AT ALL CHANCES TO FLY. AS IT TURNS OUT I WAS NOT SO SUBTLY INCAPACITATED! XING THE NEXT VOR I MOMENTARILY THOUGHT WE HAD LOST THE VOR AT STATION PASSAGE. DSNDING INTO NARITA I LEVELED OFF TO LOSE AIRSPD; AND STARTED A SLIGHT CLB. REALIZING I JUST WAS NOT WITH IT THAT NIGHT I GAVE THE PLANE OVER TO THE CAPT TO LAND. I HAVE HEARD OF GUYS HAVING BAD DAYS AT WORK OR IN THE SIMULATORS; NOW I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW IT HAPPENS. THE CAPT INSTANTLY REALIZED I WAS TURNING THE WRONG WAY (LAST THING ANY OF US WANTS TO DO IS FLY INTO NORTH KOREA) BUT DID NOT REALIZE I WAS STILL ON KIP. WHEN HE DID; HE FLIPPED ME TO SEL. THINKING I WAS CHANGING TO SEL I FLIPPED THE SWITCH BACK TO KIP. MEANTIME DEP WAS ALL OVER US WITH VECTORS AND NAV WAS OUT OF OUR HANDS. WE WERE 'CLEANING' UP THE ACFT FOR CLB; THE SO WAS TALKING ON THE RADIO WE WERE USING TO MONITOR 121.5 (AS REQUIRED WHEN OPERATING AROUND SEOUL) AND THERE WERE FOREIGN VOICES ON THE RADIO. IN OTHER WORDS; EVERYTHING WAS HAPPENING AT ONCE. IT WAS 0100 BODY TIME AND WE WERE TIRED. THIS WAS ONE OF 3 NONSTANDARD DC 10-30'S WE HAVE IN OUR FLEET. THE VOR HEADS ARE ON THE CTR CONSOLE; BELOW AND BEHIND US; MAKING POSITIVE XCHKING DIFFICULT WHILE IN THE INITIAL/FINAL PHASES OF FLT. I KNOW THIS EXPERIENCE WILL MAKE THE 3 OF US MUCH MORE CAREFUL IN THE FUTURE. ON A FLT SUBSEQUENT TO THIS ONE I CAUGHT/STOPPED A FELLOW FROM MAKING THE SAME TYPE OF MISTAKE AGAIN! CAPT'S NARRATIVE: FLT DEPARTED GATE AT KIMPO INTL ARPT. FLT WAS CLRED FOR TKOF. COPLT WAS MAKING TKOF AS BRIEFED. CLRNC WAS GOLF DEP; AS FILED; MAINTAIN FL330; DEP CTL 124.8' GOLF DEP IS RWY HDG 323 DEGS TO START A TURN L TO 220 DEG HDG AT 2300 FT OR SEL 16 DME (KIP 5 DME) TO PROCEED AND INTERCEPT THE SEL RADIAL 300 DEGS TO SEL TO CROSS SEL AT OR ABOVE 3200 FT THEN MAINTAIN 7000 FT UNTIL INSTRUCTED BY ATC. #2 VOR WAS PRETUNED TO KIP TO PICK UP 5 DME AND PROVIDE REF FOR RETURN TO ARPT IN CASE OF EMER. ACFT HDG SELECTOR WAS SET TO 323 DEGS. #1 VOR SELECTOR WAS TUNED TO SEL TO CHK 16 DME; WITH 120 DEGS SET IN WINDOW FOR THE INTERCEPT. TKOF WAS NORMAL. APCHING KIP 5 DME HDG SELECTOR WAS POSITIONED TO 220 DEGS AND L TURN COMMENCED CLBING THROUGH APPROX 2500 FT; CLBING THROUGH 3000 FT ACFT WAS CLEANED UP AND ACCELERATED TO CLEAN MANEUVERING SPD. THE AFTER TKOF CHKLIST WAS BEING ACCOMPLISHED AND THE SO WAS ATTEMPTING TO CONTACT OPS FOR OFF TIME RPT. #2 VOR RADIO HAD BEEN PRETUNED TO 300 DEG RADIAL BUT SELECTOR SWITCH HAD NOT BEEN CHANGED TO SEL. AS ACFT RAPIDLY APCHED THE 300 DEG RADIAL OF KIP; COPLT INITIATED A R TURN TO INTERCEPT THE 300 DEG RADIAL. THE CAPT CAUGHT THE WRONG DIRECTION OF TURN AND SAID 'IT'S A L TURN TO INTERCEPT; NOT R.' COPLT IMMEDIATELY REVERSED TURN AND STARTED TO TURN L TO 120 DEGS. DEP CTL CAME ON AND ASKED 'WHERE ARE YOU GOING.' CAPT SAID WE ARE TURNING L TO 120 DEGS FOR SEL.' DEP CTL CAME BACK UP IN A PANICKED VOICE AND SAID TO CONTINUE TURN TO 060 DEGS. CAPT NOTICED THAT #2 VOR SELECTOR SWITCH WAS STILL ON KIP VICE SEL. HE TOLD COPLT AND SWITCHED SELECTOR SWITCH TO SEL. DEP CTL ISSUED CLB CLRNC AND CALLED FOR A R TURN TO HDG 180 DEGS; FOLLOWED BY AN IMMEDIATE R TURN TO 240 DEGS. COPLT APPEARED MOMENTARILY CONFUSED SO CAPT TOOK OVER FLT CTLS AND INCREASED RATE OF TURN TO A 40 DEG BANK. DEP CTL THEN SAID TURN L TO A 90 DEG HDG WHICH TOOK US ALMOST DIRECTLY OVER SEL. AFTER XING JUST S OF SEL; WE WERE GIVEN HDG OF 080 DEGS TO INTERCEPT G597 (086 DEG RADIAL OF SEL). SHORTLY THEREAFTER OUTBOUND HDG WAS CHANGED TO 070 DEGS TO INTERCEPT. FLT WAS THEN SWITCHED OVER TO TAEGU CTL WITH THE COMMENT 'A RPT WILL BE FILED.'
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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