AN ACR LTT; ON A DEP RADAR VECTOR FAILS TO CAPTURE THEIR OUTBOUND RADIAL. A FLC HDG TRACK POS DEV. CTR CTLR ALERTS THEM TO THE DEV.

1996-06 · NASA ASRS report 337850

Date: 1996-06 · Aircraft: Beech 1900 · Phase: climb

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

Synopsis

AN ACR LTT; ON A DEP RADAR VECTOR FAILS TO CAPTURE THEIR OUTBOUND RADIAL. A FLC HDG TRACK POS DEV. CTR CTLR ALERTS THEM TO THE DEV.

Narrative

AFTER DEP FROM CHS WE WERE CLRED TO BRUNSWICK VOR (SSI) VIA THE SSI 2. WE WERE FLYING A 180 DEG HDG TO INTERCEPT THE 218 DEG RADIAL OFF CHS TO SSI. APPROX 15 NM FROM CHS STILL ON A HDG OF 180 DEGS; ZJX NOTIFIED US THAT WE HAD ALREADY PASSED THE AIRWAY; ALTHOUGH OUR NAV WAS SHOWING US THAT HAD YET TO INTERCEPT. ATC ADVISED US TO TURN TO 240 DEGS TO INTERCEPT. SINCE I DOUBTED MY NAV; ATC GAVE ME A HDG TO BRUNSWICK (SSI) AND DIRECT WHEN ABLE. MY COPLT AND I TURNED OFF AND ON THE #1 NAV. ONCE ESTABLISHED TOWARD SSI; I ASKED ZJX WHAT RADIAL THEY SHOWED ME ON. THEY REPLIED THE 218 DEG RADIAL TO OR 038 DEG RADIAL FROM SSI; WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS WHAT I WAS SHOWING. WE PROCEEDED DIRECT TO SSI; THEN CONTINUED ON COURSE. I HAVE NO EXPLANATION ON HOW OR WHY THE CDI REMAINED PEGGED ON THE L WHEN WE HAD ALREADY PASSED THE AIRWAY. LATER TESTS ON THE NAV THAT DAY REVEALED NO DISCREPANCIES WITH THE EQUIP. AT THE TIME OF THE SIT. I ASKED ZJX CTR IF IT CREATED ANY PROBS AND SHE SAID 'NO PROBS AT ALL.' SHE WAS QUITE HELPFUL. TO PREVENT THIS PROB IN THE FUTURE; I WILL VERIFY THAT THE #2 NAV IS SET UP AND XCHKED WITH NAV #1 BEFORE PROCEEDING. THIS WILL REVEAL A POTENTIAL PROB BEFORE IT BECOMES ONE.

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

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