AN ACR MD88 FLC PERFORMING THE HOLLY 9 STAR FORGOT TO TURN TO THE 355 DEG HDG AFTER PASSING OLIVV INTXN. THE RPTR SAID THAT THE FLC DID NOT SEE THIS REQUIREMENT BECAUSE OF THE GRAPHIC PRESENTATION AND THE FMS DOES NOT HAVE THE HDG ON ITS STORED COURSE.

Date: 1998-06 · Aircraft: MD-88

Anomalies: deviation-track-heading-all-types|other-unspecified

Synopsis

AN ACR MD88 FLC PERFORMING THE HOLLY 9 STAR FORGOT TO TURN TO THE 355 DEG HDG AFTER PASSING OLIVV INTXN. THE RPTR SAID THAT THE FLC DID NOT SEE THIS REQUIREMENT BECAUSE OF THE GRAPHIC PRESENTATION AND THE FMS DOES NOT HAVE THE HDG ON ITS STORED COURSE.

Narrative

STAR HAS HDG AFTER LAST FIX. DID NOT SEE THE HDG AND CONTINUED STRAIGHT TOWARD MEM. ASKED CTLR FOR LOWER AND WAS ASKED IF WE WERE IN THE TURN. THIS IS WHEN WE REALIZED OUR ERROR. THE HOLLY 9 STAR PLATE IS CLUSTERED AND NEEDS TO BE CHARTED SO HDG IS MORE EASILY SEEN. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THIS MD88 CAPT SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THEY BRIEFED THE HOLLY 9 STAR BOTH HE AND THE FO MISSED THE HDG AFTER OLIVV. AFTER LNDG; THE FLC LOOKED AT THE OTHER STARS INTO MEM AND NOTICED THAT ALL OF THEM HAVE A HDG AFTER THEIR LAST INTXN THAT MAY BE REQUIRED DEPENDING ON THE RWY ASSIGNED. THESE REQUIREMENTS ALSO VARY DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF ACFT (TURBINE VERSUS NON TURBINE). THEN THE FLC RECHKED THE RTES STORED IN THEIR FMS AND REALIZED THAT NONE OF THESE HDGS WERE STORED IN THEIR SYS. THE CAPT SAID THAT IF THEY HAD BEEN; THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO PROB SINCE THEY WERE USING THE LNAV MODE AND FOLLOWING ON THEIR MAP PRESENTATION WHEN THEY DEVIATED. THE RPTR RECOMMENDED THAT THE GRAPHIC BE CLRER AND THE COMPLETE STAR RTE; DEPENDING ON THE RWY ASSIGNED; BE STORED IN THE FMS. HE WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH MEM AND NOW HE KNOWS WHAT TO WATCH FOR ON THE ARR; BUT HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER PLTS.

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