2004-09 · NASA ASRS report 631773
AN H25B FLT CREW INCORRECTLY ENTERS THE SHEAD 2 RNAV DEP OUT OF LAS AND PROCEED TO BIKER INTXN INSTEAD OF BOKKR. ZLA ARTCC INFORMS THEM OF THEIR ERROR.
CLBING OUT FROM LAS VEGAS ON DEP; FO SOMEHOW DID NOT GET ALL THE FIXES IN THE FMC; AND I DIDN'T CATCH IT. I FLY IT SO MUCH THAT COMPLACENCY WAS PROBABLY INVOLVED; AND THE FO IN LOW TIME AND NEW. AFTER CTR ASKED WHERE WE WERE PROCEEDING; THE ERROR WAS NOTED; AND CTR SAID 'PROCEED TO BIKKR INTXN;' BUT DID NOT SPELL IT. WE STARTED TO PROCEED TO 'BIKER' INTXN; WHICH WAS W OF BIKKR; AND CTR THEN SPELLED OUT THE CORRECT FIX. I THINK THAT ONE OF THE ADJACENT FIXES BE CHANGED; SINCE THEY ARE SO CLOSE. I USUALLY GO DOWN THE DEP PAGE BY PAGE; FIX BY FIX; BUT DIDN'T THIS TIME DUE TO BOSS BEING LATE AND IN A RUSH. IT WILL BITE YOU EVERY TIME. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE FIX 'BIKER' WAS INCORRECTLY ENTERED INTO THE FMS. HE NEVER TOOK THE TIME TO SEE WHERE THIS FIX WAS AND RE-ENTERED THE CORRECT FIX 'BIKKR' ONCE ATC INFORMED HIM OF BEING OFF COURSE. RPTR ADMITS THAT THE INTXN COULD HAVE BEEN HALF WAY AROUND THE WORLD; BUT IT WAS IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION. HE STATED THAT THEY WERE ON THE 'SHEAD 2 DEP.'
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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