A B737-300 FLC DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE L TURN AS REQUIRED FOR THEIR SID DEP PROC OUT OF BWI. RPTR'S CITE ACFT PROBS AND FATIGUE AS CAUSAL.

1998-08 · NASA ASRS report 413060

Date: 1998-08 · Aircraft: B737-300

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

Synopsis

A B737-300 FLC DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE L TURN AS REQUIRED FOR THEIR SID DEP PROC OUT OF BWI. RPTR'S CITE ACFT PROBS AND FATIGUE AS CAUSAL.

Narrative

DURING PREFLT PREPARATIONS FOR DEP; THE CLRNC WAS REVIEWED AND THE SWANN 2 SID DISCUSSED. AT FLT CLOSEOUT THE JETWAY WAS REMOVED. APU WAS INOP WITH JETWAY PWR CORD ATTACHED TO ACFT. AS A RESULT THE PWR CORD WAS YANKED FROM THE RECEPTACLE CAUSING DAMAGE AND PWR LOSS. AFTER 20 MIN DELAY; PWR WAS RESTORED AND ACFT RECONFIGURED FOR START. DURING TAXI; SAME REPROGRAMMING OF FMC WAS REQUIRED; PLUS INABILITY TO RECEIVE WT AND BAL ON ACARS; RESULTING IN MORE 'HEADS DOWN' TIME. UPON REACHING THE RWY THE FLT WAS CLRED FOR TKOF. ALL CHKLISTS HAD BEEN COMPLETED. CAPT CALLED DEP CTL ADVISING 'RWY HDG' WHICH WAS ACKNOWLEDGED. SHORTLY AFTER; DEP REMINDED US OF THE SWANN 2 DEP REQUIREMENT FOR A TURN AT THE BAL 3 DME FIX - - WE WERE AT 4 DME. NO CONFLICT WAS CREATED AND DEP ALLOWED THE OVERSHOOT WAS NOT A PROB. A 'LAST CHANCE' REVIEW AFTER THE MYRIAD DIVERSIONS AT AROUND THE 12TH HR OF THE DUTY DAY WOULD HAVE REMINDED US OF THE REQUIRED TURN. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 412790: AFTER TKOF WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO CHK IN WITH DEP CTL AFTER 2 ATTEMPTS; PASSING APPROX 2500 FT AND RPTED RWY HDG. THIS EVENT OCCURRED NEAR THE END OF A 12.5 HR SCHEDULED DAY AT NIGHT; A COAST-TO-COAST FLT FOLLOWED BY A 3 HR LAYOVER AND ACFT CHANGE. WE THEN FLEW TO BWI TO CHANGE ACFT AGAIN AND CONTINUED ON OUR LAST LEG OF 3. WE WERE BOTH TIRED FROM THE MONTH'S FLYING AND ALSO THE LONG DAY. THE LONG DAY; ACFT CHANGES; AND THE EVENT AT THE GATE ALL LED UP TO OUR ERROR. THE FO HAD BRIEFED THE CORRECT DEP AS ACKNOWLEDGED BY MYSELF; BUT WE LET OUR GUARD DOWN AND MADE A MISTAKE.

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

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