C560 FLT CREW PROGRAMS WRONG TRANSITION TO FMS ON DEP FROM DAL.
Synopsis
C560 FLT CREW PROGRAMS WRONG TRANSITION TO FMS ON DEP FROM DAL.
Narrative
WE PICKED UP A CLRNC FROM DAL TO SHV USING PDC ON THE FMS. THE PDC RTE READ 'DALL 8 UIM EIC SHV' AND FURTHER SHOWED THE FPR; WHICH READ THE SAME. THE PF PROGRAMMED THE FMS; AND WHEN SELECTING THE SID; CHOSE DALL 8; THEN THE EIC TRANSITION INSTEAD OF UIM. I WAS PIC; BUT THE PNF; AND I BRIEFLY LOOKED AT THE FMS BUT NOT CAREFULLY ENOUGH. I FAILED TO NOTICE THE ERROR. ON DEP; WE WERE GIVEN 'HDG 060 DEGS; SOLDO WHEN ABLE.' SOLDO WAS NOT IN THE BOX; SO I QUERIED THE CTLR. AFTER A BRIEF EXCHANGE; WE WERE GIVEN A VECTOR TO JOIN THE 084 RADIAL E OF MAVERICK VOR. I REPROGRAMMED THE BOX QUICKLY AND ADVISED WE WERE ABLE SOLDO BUT THE CTLR DECLINED. ON THE NEXT FREQ WE WERE ADVISED TO CALL APCH CTLR WHEN ON THE GND. I CALLED AND EXPLAINED OUR ERROR. DALLAS SAID THEY GET THIS FREQUENTLY FROM CREWS WHO RECEIVE PDC CLRNCS. IN RETROSPECT; I SHOULD HAVE DOUBLECHKED THE FMS PROGRAMMING. ADDITIONALLY; THE PDC IS SLIGHTLY CONFUSING IN THAT IT DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE TEXT ON THE SID. THE SID READS 'DALL 8.UIM;' WHEREAS THE PDC ONLY SHOWED 'DALL 8 UIM EIC;' WHICH DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE THE UIM TRANSITION WHEN THE PERIOD IS LEFT OUT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.