FLC FAILED TO FLY DEP IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASSIGNED RTE.

1995-03 · NASA ASRS report 300342

Date: 1995-03 · Aircraft: Beech 1900 · Phase: climb

Anomalies: deviation-track-heading-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance

Synopsis

FLC FAILED TO FLY DEP IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASSIGNED RTE.

Narrative

WE WERE CLRED TO DEPART DIA (DEN) VIA THE ROCKIES 2 DEPT BLUE MESA TRANSITION. IN TAXIING OUT MY FO ASKED IF THE NAVAID WAS 117.9 OR 114.7 AND WHICH RADIAL FOR THE DEP. I GLANCED AT THE DEP SID PLATE AND INADVERTENTLY MISREAD THE REQUIRED NAVAID. WE TUNED UP 114.7 (DVV) WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE HAD 117.9 (DEN) SELECTED. WE WERE CLRED TO TKOF AND FLY 240 DEG HDG TO JOIN THE BLUE MESA TRANSITION. I ADVISED DEP WE WOULD NEED TO TURN 10 DEGS R TO JOIN THE RADIAL AND DEP GRANTED THE REQUEST. APPROX 18 DME OFF DVV THE CTLR ASKED US IF WE WERE DOING THE BLUE MESA OR THE RED TABLE TRANSITION. I RESPONDED THE BLUE MESA AS I REACHED FOR THE DEP SID PLATE (NOS). THE CTLR ADVISED US WE WERE OFF THE ESTABLISHED RADIAL AND NEEDED TO TURN L TO JOIN. WE TUNED IN THE PROPER NAVAID AND NOTED IT WAS A FULL SCALE DEFLECTION. WE IMMEDIATELY TURNED L TO JOIN AND WERE ESTABLISHED WITHIN 2 MINS. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS IS THE NOS PLATES ARE A BIT CONFUSING FOR JUST GLANCING AT THEM. I WAS RUSHED AND FAILED TO TAKE THE TIME TO VERIFY THE PROPER FREQ. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED HE WAS FLYING A BEECH 1900. THE COMPANY AT THAT TIME DID NOT PROVIDE EACH PLT MANUALS FOR APCHS BUT RATHER THE MANUALS WERE IN THE ACFT. NOW THE PLTS EACH HAVE THEIR OWN MANUALS AND THEY ARE PROVIDED WITH A COMMERCIAL VERSION THAT IS USED BY MOST AIRLINES AND PLTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING THEM CURRENT AND BEING FAMILIAR WITH THE CHARTS.

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

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