A B767 DEPARTS OUT OF ZURICH; SWITZERLAND; AND HAS A COURSE DEV FROM THE ASSIGNED SID. PLT FEELS IT IS A COMPUTER OR LNAV PROB AND SUGGESTS NOT TO USE IT ANY MORE.
Synopsis
A B767 DEPARTS OUT OF ZURICH; SWITZERLAND; AND HAS A COURSE DEV FROM THE ASSIGNED SID. PLT FEELS IT IS A COMPUTER OR LNAV PROB AND SUGGESTS NOT TO USE IT ANY MORE.
Narrative
ZRH DEP. ATC ASSIGNED THE MOROK 1U RNAV DEP. ADEQUATE TIME AT THE GATE TO BRIEF THE SID. AT RWY END; RWY SYMBOL TOUCHED ACFT SYMBOL WHICH ALLOWS FOR USE OF LNAV AFTER TKOF. WHEN WE WERE AIRBORNE A TURN TO THE L WAS INITIATED AT 1.1 DME KLO VOR WITH HEADING SELECT. AFTER INTERCEPTION OF MAGENTA RTE LINE OF THE SID; LNAV WAS ARMED AND THEN ENGAGED. CLB AIRSPD WAS AT 210 KIAS OR LESS. I WAS PNF; AND HAD PROGRESS PAGE #2 DISPLAYED TO CHK XTRACK ERROR. THE INITIAL DEV WAS 3H DEPICTION IS WHAT THE FMC DEPICTS WHEN AIRBORNE ON COURSE. WITH THE COMMAND BARS CTRED AND STILL ON THE LNAV TRACK; WE BOTH NOTICED THAT WE WERE BEING COMMANDED TO FLY AWAY FROM THE KLO 255 DEGS. AT THAT TIME WE CHANGED ROLL MODES TO HEADING SELECT AND MADE A FURTHER CUT TO INTERCEPT THE 255 DEGS. IMMEDIATELY THEREAFTER; ZRH DEP ASKED FOR OUR HEADING AND I SAID WE ARE IN A L TURN TO INTERCEPT THE 255 DEG RADIAL. HE SAID WE WERE OFF COURSE. WE HAD NO MEANS TO MEASURE DEV FROM TRACK. REST OF DEP UNEVENTFUL. BEING AN RNAV DEP WE USED LNAV. HOWEVER; THE GND; THE FMC MAP AND LEGS PAGE SHOW A TRACK FROM RWY 16 TO D163A; KLO163 AT 1 NM TO D360A; KLO 360 DEGS AT 1 NM AND A COURSE OF 255 DEGS TO THE AARAU WAYPOINT. THIS WOULD NEVER WORK; THAT IS A PARALLEL TRACK OR HDG. HOWEVER; WHEN ONE LOOKS AT THE 10-3H; THE SID TRACK SHOWS XING THE 360 DEG RADIAL AT ABOUT 3 DME. IF THIS IS AN RNAV DEP; IT IS POORLY DRAWN IN THE FMC COMPUTER. IF WE ARE TO TURN L AFTER TKOF FROM RWY 16 AND INTERCEPT THE 255 DEG RADIAL AND DISREGARD THE RNAV COURSE; THEN THIS SHOULD BE STATED; THAT IS; DO NOT USE LNAV AT THE START. AND THEN I QUESTION THE PURPOSE OF THIS RNAV DEP. LET'S GO BACK TO THE SIMPLE TURN OVER THE ARPT; KLO VOR. IN SUM: THIS RNAV DEP IS REALLY A MANUAL DEAD-RECKONING SID TO INTERCEPT A VOR RADIAL. THIS ZRH RNAV DEP DOES NOT GIVE ANY GUIDANCE ON HOW WIDE IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE FLOWN. SUGGEST WE WITHDRAW THIS PARTICULAR SID UNTIL THIS MATTER IS CLRED UP. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 370431: AFTER LEVELING AT ATC ASSIGNED ALT OF 5000 FT AND RESETTING QNH; IT WAS NOTICED ON RAW DATA THAT THE FMC WAS NOT FOLLOWING THE PROPER GND TRACK AS DEPICTED ON THE CHART. HEADING SELECT WAS USED TO OVERRIDE LNAV AND THE RAW DATA DEP WAS RE- INTERCEPTED. DURING THE CORRECTION ATC QUESTIONED OUR HEADING AND ADVISED US THAT OTHER TFC HAD TO DEVIATE.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.