MLG FLC FLEW OFF COURSE ON ARR INTO SLC.

Date: 1995-11 · Aircraft: Commercial Fixed Wing

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|deviation-altitude-crossing-restriction-not-met|deviation-altitude-overshoot|deviation-track-heading-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance

Synopsis

MLG FLC FLEW OFF COURSE ON ARR INTO SLC.

Narrative

DURING APCH TO SLC; CLRED THE SPANE 1 ARR. ALTHOUGH FMS EQUIPPED AND PROGRAMMED TO FLY THE STAR; DECIDED TO USE VOR/DME USING #2 VOR (FO) TO TRACK THE CURRENT LEG AND #1 VOR (CAPT) TO INTERCEPT THE NEXT LEG. PRIOR TO FFU VOR AT APPROX 17000 FT; APCH CLRED US TO CROSS DRYVE INTXN AT 15000 FT AND PUUTT INTXN AT 9000 FT. I WAS FLYING THE ACFT AND UNDERSTOOD THE CLRNC TO CROSS DRYVE INTXN AT OR BELOW 15000 FT AND PUUTT INTXN AT 9000 FT. I SET 9000 FT IN THE ALT ALERTER AND STARTED DOWN. WHILE TRACKING OUTBOUND FROM FFU VOR JUST PRIOR TO DRYVE INTXN; DSNDING THROUGH APPROX 13500 FT APCH QUESTIONED OUR ALT THEN TOLD US TO LEVEL OFF AT 11000 FT. JUST AS THE CAPT'S CDI WAS CTRING INDICATING THE TURN TO PUUTT INTXN; APCH GAVE US A TURN TO 010 DEG HDG FOR TERRAIN CLRNC AND INDICATED THE TURN WAS LATE. AT THAT TIME THE CAPT'S CDI WAS CTRED WITH THE CORRECT INBOUND COURSE SET IN. I THEN SET THE #2 VOR/CDI TO THE SAME FREQ AND COURSE AS THE #1 AND DISCOVERED A FULL DOT (5 DEGS) DIFFERENCE IN THE 2 CDI'S. PRIOR TO HANDING US OFF; APCH REMARKED THAT HIS MOTHER- IN-LAW PROBABLY COULD HAVE DONE A BETTER JOB FLYING THE STAR THAN WE DID. AFTER LNDG AT SLC WE REQUESTED MAINT CHK BOTH VOR/CDI'S. THEY BROUGHT A TEST BOX TO THE ACFT AND DETERMINED THE CAPT'S #1 CDI WAS IN FACT A FULL DOT (5 DEGS) IN ERROR. THE CAPT'S VOR RECEIVER/XMITTER WAS REPLACED AND CHKED GOOD PRIOR TO FLYING THE NEXT LEG.

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