B727-100 ACFT ON STAR WITH XING RESTR; FLC HAD WRONG NAVAID TUNED TO IDENT THE INTXN AND WERE PROBABLY OFF COURSE AS WELL AS OFF SPD.

1998-03 · NASA ASRS report 395826

Date: 1998-03 · Aircraft: B727-100

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

Synopsis

B727-100 ACFT ON STAR WITH XING RESTR; FLC HAD WRONG NAVAID TUNED TO IDENT THE INTXN AND WERE PROBABLY OFF COURSE AS WELL AS OFF SPD.

Narrative

OUR DAY STARTED AT XA36 LCL; SHOWTIME FOR AN XB36 LCL (CDT) DEP. WHEN WE SHOWED FOR THE TRIP WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT OUR FLT WAS GOING TO BE DELAYED 2 HRS FOR AN ACFT COMING IN FROM OAK (A B727-200). SO I TRIED TO GET A LITTLE REST BEFORE THE FLT; BUT COULDN'T SLEEP. WHEN WE MEET AT XC30; WE FIND OUT THAT WE ARE NO LONGER GOING TO WAIT FOR THE B727-200 BUT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TAKING THE ORIGINAL B727-100 PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED. THE FLT IS SUPPOSED TO BE CATERED WITH BREAKFAST MEALS; BUT AFTER AN EXTRA 2 HRS FROM ORIGINAL SCHEDULED DEP; CATERING STILL DOESN'T SHOW UP. SO; WE LEAVE AT XD37 (CST) WITH NO FOOD; BUT UNDER THE PRETEXT OF GETTING CATERED IN MSP. IT SOUNDS PETTY; BUT FLYING ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE CLOCK GETS PRETTY HARD WITHOUT SOME SORT OF NOURISHMENT. FAST FORWARD TO APPROX XE10 (CST) AND WE ARE ON THE KASPR TWO ARR TO MSP. WE ARE CLRED TO CROSS DELZY INTXN FGT (115.70) 178 DEG RADIAL D24 AT 11000 FT AND 250 KIAS. I AM FLYING AND USING THE MCW (114.90) 358 DEG RADIAL FOR THE TRACK TO DELZY WHERE WE SWITCH TO FGT 178 DEG RADIAL. APCHING APPROX JAGOW I START THE DSCNT FOR 11000 FT. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY THE CTLR DELETED THE 250 KTS RESTR AT DELZY AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL PAST DELZY THAT WE REALIZED WE WERE USING MSP (115.3) FOR THE DME READOUT FOR DELZY AND NOT FGT (115.70). I THINK WE WERE CLOSE ON THE ALT RESTR BUT MISSED THE 250 KTS WHICH I GUESS DIDN'T MATTER AFTER THE CTLR WAIVED IT. IT IS HARD TO GO BACK AFTER THE FACT AND COMPUTE THE EXACT NUMBERS BECAUSE OF THE DME DIFFERENCE. I KNOW WE WERE DOWN A GOOD 10-15 DME PRIOR TO THE 'PERCEIVED' D24 IN ORDER TO SLOW TO 250 KTS. BASICALLY I SHOULD HAVE CHKED BEFORE FOLLOWING THE PNF'S LEAD FOR THE DME HOLD; THEN I WOULD HAVE CAUGHT THE 115.30 VERSUS 115.70. ALSO; WE WERE ALL VERY TIRED AND HUNGRY WHICH IS A BAD COMBO AFTER BEING UP ALL NIGHT.

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

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