A B727 FREIGHTER FLC ATTEMPTS TO FLY THE WRONG TRANSITION ON THE PEBLE2 SXC SID DEP PROC OUT OF SAN; HAVING MISSED THE CHANGE IN THEIR PDC FORM.

Date: 1999-03 · Aircraft: B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: climb

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

Synopsis

A B727 FREIGHTER FLC ATTEMPTS TO FLY THE WRONG TRANSITION ON THE PEBLE2 SXC SID DEP PROC OUT OF SAN; HAVING MISSED THE CHANGE IN THEIR PDC FORM.

Narrative

DEPARTED MEM AT XA30 ON TRIP TO SAN; SECOND LEG TO LAK. ON RAMP AT SAN; FLT PLAN/RELEASE TO OAK WAS RECEIVED WITH WX RPTS. JUST PRIOR TO CLOSING DOORS; A PDC WAS HANDED TO US. FO PLACED PDC ON PANEL IN FRONT OF US. WE PREPARED FOR DEP; AND FO BRIEFED DEP PROC. WE FLEW PEBLE 2 WITH THE PLAN TO FLY TO SLI ACCORDING TO OUR FLT PLAN. AS WE TURNED FOR PEBLE; SAN DEP GAVE US A VECTOR AND TOLD US TO INTERCEPT THE 97 DEG RADIAL FROM SXC. THIS WAS THE FIRST CLUE THAT SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT. STILL AT PEBLE; WE TURNED TOWARD SLI. ZLA GAVE US A VECTOR TOWARDS SXC. THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH OUR ADHERENCE TO OUR CLRNC. I PULLED THE PDC OUT AND CHKED. BOTH ROUTINGS WERE ON THE PDC; BUT THE ONE TO SXC HAD THE SMALL DASHED LINES. WE HAD FLOWN THE WRONG CLRNC. I ADMITTED OUR MISTAKE TO LAX WHO GOT US BACK ON COURSE. OUR FLT PLAN SHOWED THE SLI ROUTING. THE PDC SHOWED BOTH ROUTINGS. WE SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT IT. FATIGUE WAS A FACTOR. HAD ONLY ONE RTE BEEN ON THE PDC; I THINK WE WOULD NOT HAVE MADE THE MISTAKE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 430247: RECEIVED PDC IN SAN WITH AMENDMENT -- LOOKED LIKE THIS: PEBLE 2 SXC LAX GMN PXN2 OAK. SAN PEBLE 2 SLI GMN***OAK MAINTAIN 15000 FT; ETC. CREW (CAPT AND FO) DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THE FILED CLRNC WAS 'AMENDED' BY THE 'DASHED LINES.' THEY LOOKED FOR WHAT THEY EXPECTED TO SEE AND FLEW IT UNTIL CORRECTED BY ATC. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND IF A FILED CLRNC IS TO BE AMENDED; DELETE ANY REF TO IT! WHEN ONLY ONE CLRNC IS PUBLISHED AND SENT; IT FOCUSES THE MIND ON THE CORRECT RTE OF FLT -- NO CONFUSION. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 429989: CREW MISSED CHANGE IN CLRNC ON PDC DUE TO FATIGUE.

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