CL65 FLC ENTERS P56 ON DEP FROM KDCA.

Date: 2002-11 · Aircraft: Regional Jet CL65; Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: climb

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Synopsis

CL65 FLC ENTERS P56 ON DEP FROM KDCA.

Narrative

ON TKOF FROM RWY 1 AT DCA; WE INCORRECTLY SET UP THE SINGLE ENG PROC RADIAL INSTEAD OF THE P56 AVOIDANCE RADIAL. THIS CAUSED US TO ENTER RESTR AIRSPACE. THE PROB AROSE FROM DOING DETAILED BRIEFINGS OF THINGS THAT WERE NOT REALLY NECESSARY FOR THAT DAY; 'CLR VFR.' OUR FOCUS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE NORMAL PROC; WITH A MENTION THAT IF WE SHOULD LOSE AN ENG; LET'S STAY OUT OF RESTR AIRSPACE AND NOT HIT ANYTHING. BY FOCUSING ON THIS PROC AS THE LAST BRIEFING; SOMEHOW THAT RADIAL GOT PUT IN THE NAVAIDS; THERE IS ONLY A 16 DEG DIFFERENCE BTWN THE SINGLE ENG PROC AND THE P56 AVOIDANCE PROC. THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE P56 AVOIDANCE PROC IS ALSO A VISUAL PROC. HAD THIS BEEN DONE VISUALLY; THIS INCIDENT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. THE CAPT WAS BUSY FLYING AND I WAS DOING MY AFTER TKOF CHKS; NOBODY WAS LOOKING OUTSIDE. HAD EITHER OF US LOOKED OUTSIDE; WE WOULD HAVE SEEN THAT THE PICTURE WAS NOT CORRECT. THIS WAS NOT A FIRST TIME ARPT FOR EITHER OF US. I THINK THE SIMPLIFICATION OF NUMEROUS PROCS FOR THIS DEP MAY HAVE HELPED AVERT THIS PROB. I THINK THE SINGLE ENG PROC COULD BE PUT MORE IN LINE WITH THE DEP PROC; THIS IS A SEA LEVEL ARPT. HAD WE FLOWN THIS DEP VISUALLY; WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE; THE INCORRECT SETTING WOULD NOT HAVE MATTERED. ALSO; USING AUTOMATION ON THIS TKOF WOULD HAVE HELPED. THE PF WOULD HAVE BEEN CONCENTRATING ON WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND INSTEAD OF FLYING. THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE MISSED THE PROPER DEP PROC; WHICH I KNOW WILL NEVER HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN; BECAUSE I WILL DOUBLE-CHK WHEN I GET A BRIEFING. HARD WAY TO LEARN A LESSON; BUT AT LEAST I LEARNED FROM THIS.

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