FATIGUED INTL CREW RETURNING FROM JAPAN PROGRAMMED FMS INCORRECTLY WHEN RECEIVING ARR CLRNC. ARTCC OBSERVED RESULTING ENCROACHMENT ON MIL AIRSPACE AND GAVE CORRECTING VECTORS.
Synopsis
FATIGUED INTL CREW RETURNING FROM JAPAN PROGRAMMED FMS INCORRECTLY WHEN RECEIVING ARR CLRNC. ARTCC OBSERVED RESULTING ENCROACHMENT ON MIL AIRSPACE AND GAVE CORRECTING VECTORS.
Narrative
WAS RECLRED APPROX 1 HR OUT OF PDX BY VANCOUVER CTR AT DOLFF; BTG/312 DEGS/70 DME; THEN THE BTG/275 DEGS/25 DME; THEN BTG; PDX. WHEN THE CLRNC WAS GIVEN CAPT WAS IN THE L SEAT AND IRO IN THE R SEAT; FO WAS ON BEAK AND OUT OF THE COCKPIT. CAPT MADE THE FMS ENTRIES. WHEN ZSE NOTED THE ERROR FO WAS IN THE R SEAT AND HAND FLYING THE ACFT WHILE CAPT MADE FMS ENTRIES. PRIOR TO THE BTG/312 DEGS/70 DME WE WERE GIVEN AN IMMEDIATE TURN AWAY FROM RESTR AIRSPACE. ZSE INFORMED US THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO THE BTG/312 DEGS/70 DME WAYPOINT. THE FMS SHOWED THE WAYPOINT W OF OUR POS. THEY SUGGESTED WE CHK OUR NAV DATA. A CHK WAS MADE FINDING 2 BTG REF POINTS IN THE DATABASE; BOTH GAVE THE SAME LATITUDE/LONGITUDE; THE SECOND ALSO HAD 116.6. WHEN I WAS GIVEN THE CLRNC; I SELECTED THE FIRST WAYPOINT AS THE LATITUDE/LONGITUDE MATCHED THE REQUIREMENT. IN MY SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION I FOUND THAT THE BTG I SELECTED WAS ACTUALLY THE BTG/275 DEGS/25 DME AND ALL WAYPOINTS MADE FROM BTG -- WERE OFF THIS DISPLACED WAYPOINT; IE; BTG/275 DEGS/25 DME WAS IN FACT BTG/275 DEGS/50 DME; THUS THE ERROR IN NAV. I QUESTIONED THE CREW AND NO ONE REMEMBERED MAKING A DEFINED WAYPOINT AS BTG AND THE RADIAL 275 DEGS/25 DME IN THE DEFINED WAYPOINT PAGE. THE DATABASE WAS CHANGED PRIOR TO OUR DEP AS THE LAST DATE EXPIRED AND A NEW DATABASE WAS USED FOR THIS FLT. CONCLUSION: WHEN A DEFINED WAYPOINT IS MADE IN THE FMS; I FEEL THAT IT SHOULD BE NOTED ON THE FLT PLAN IN THE EVENT THAT THE PLT IS NOT ON DUTY AT THE TIME THIS WAYPOINT WOULD BE REFERRED.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.