FLT CREW OF MD80 FLEW WRONG CLB PROC ON LA GUARDIA DEP FROM LGA. PROC IS NOT SELECTABLE FROM ACFT DATABASE.
Synopsis
FLT CREW OF MD80 FLEW WRONG CLB PROC ON LA GUARDIA DEP FROM LGA. PROC IS NOT SELECTABLE FROM ACFT DATABASE.
Narrative
AFTER AN 8 HR REDUCED REST PERIOD; WE WERE SCHEDULED TO RPT FOR DUTY AT XA50 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME AT LGA. WE ARRIVED AT THE ACFT AT APPROX XB00. THE GATE AND GND CREW WERE ANXIOUS TO GET THE FLT GOING; WHICH RESULTED IN THE PREFLT BEING INTERRUPTED SEVERAL TIMES. WE BOTH DID WRITE DOWN THE CORRECT CLRNC. WE WERE CLRED OFF RWY 13 AT LGA WITH A MASPETH CLB. TO SAVE TIME; I ELECTED TO BRIEF THE DEP EVEN THOUGH THIS WOULD BE AN FO TKOF. UNFORTUNATELY; I READ THE PROC FOR THE WHITESTONE CLB IN ERROR. I MUST POINT OUT THAT THE ACFT DATABASE DOES NOT HAVE THE PUBLISHED CLB PROFILES LOADED FOR THE LA GUARDIA NINE DEP. IF IT HAD; THE INCIDENT PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TKOF; THE FO; FOLLOWING THE BRIEFED PROC; STARTED A L TURN AT 2.5 DME. THE DEP CTLR IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT THE ERROR AND CORRECTED THE SIT. I BELIEVE THE FOLLOWING FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS ERROR. 1) I WAS ONLY CHKED OUT IN THE MD80 ON FRI/JUN/03; AND AM NOT TOTALLY COMFORTABLE WITH ALL ACFT FLOWS. 2) THE FO HAD NOT FLOWN FOR 62 DAYS PRIOR TO THIS TRIP. 3) WE WERE TASK SATURATED; TRYING TO GET THE LATE FLT OUT AS SOON AS WE COULD. AS A RESULT; I DEVIATED FROM OUR NORMAL PRACTICE OF THE PF BRIEFING THE DEP. 4) WE ARRIVED LATE THE NIGHT BEFORE; HAD ONLY REDUCED REST OF 8 HRS; AND SWITCHED TO AN EARLY MORNING RPT ON THE LAST DAY OF A 3-DAY TRIP. AS A RESULT; WE WERE STILL WAKING UP AS WE STARTED OUR DAY. 5) OUR EFIS FLT DIRECTOR GUIDANCE 'DUMPED' IMMEDIATELY AFTER TKOF DUE TO THE COMPASS MOMENTARILY EXCEEDING ALLOWABLE TOLERANCES. THIS ADDED FURTHER CONFUSION TO THE SIT. I BELIEVE WE BOTH PERFORMED CORRECTLY 99% OF THE TIME ON THAT MORNING. UNFORTUNATELY; WE BOTH MISSED A CRITICAL PIECE OF INFO. THE CTLR WAS ON TOP OF THINGS AND STEPPED IN BEFORE A TFC CONFLICT COULD OCCUR.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.