A DH8 FLC FLIES THE WRONG AIRWAY OUT OF ALB AFTER MAKING AN ACFT SWAP AND A HURRIED DEP FROM BDL.

Date: 1998-11

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-less-severe|deviation-track-heading-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-other-unknown

Synopsis

A DH8 FLC FLIES THE WRONG AIRWAY OUT OF ALB AFTER MAKING AN ACFT SWAP AND A HURRIED DEP FROM BDL.

Narrative

WHILE CRUISING AT 14000 FT FROM BDL TO BUF; ATC QUERIED US ABOUT OUR RTE. WHEN CHKING; WE DISCOVERED THAT WE WERE ON THE WRONG AIRWAY. INSTEAD OF THE USUAL RTE; DISPATCH HAD FILED US ON A DIFFERENT ROUTING DUE TO AN INOP ELECTRONIC CTL UNIT. WE WERE GIVEN A HDG FOR THE GGT VOR AND CONTINUED ON COURSE. THIS ERROR WAS FACILITATED DUE TO THE FOLLOWING ERRORS: 1) LAST MIN ACFT SWAP; 2) RECEIVED 3 INCORRECT RELEASES BEFORE THE CORRECT ONE RECEIVED; 3) ACFT SWAPPED INTO 15 MINS PRIOR TO DEP TIME; 4) ACFT RECEIVED HAD MULTIPLE MAINT DISCREPANCIES WHICH HAD TO BE DEFERRED PRIOR TO DEP; AND 5) CREW RUSHED FOR AN ON-TIME DEP. IN ADDITION; WE WERE COMPLACENT FROM FLYING THE SAME LEG THE PRECEDING DAY. IN THE FUTURE; MORE TIME WILL BE TAKEN TO REVIEW ALL ASPECTS MORE CLOSELY AND ON-TIME PERFORMANCE WILL NO LONGER HAVE PRIORITY. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 419220: DUE TO AN MEL; THE ACFT HAD TO BE FLOWN LOWER THAN NORMAL WHICH CAUSED THEM TO GIVE US A DIFFERENT RTE THAN NORMAL. WE DEPARTED THE ALB VOR ON VICTOR 2 INSTEAD OF VICTOR 14 AND 26 MI OUT ATC ASKED US WHERE WE WERE GOING. WE WERE GIVEN A HDG TO INTERCEPT THE CORRECT AIRWAY AND WENT ON OUR WAY.

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