B767-400 FLT CREW HAS A TRACK AND OR HDG DEV AND TCAS ALERT DURING APCH TO MCO.

Date: 2007-01 · Aircraft: B767-400 and 400 ER · Phase: approach

Anomalies: conflict-airborne-conflict|deviation-track-heading-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance

Synopsis

B767-400 FLT CREW HAS A TRACK AND OR HDG DEV AND TCAS ALERT DURING APCH TO MCO.

Narrative

WHILE TURNING FROM BASE TO FINAL AT 4000 FT FOR VISUAL APCH TO RWY 18R AT MCO; THE CTLR ISSUED A CLRNC TO 'PROCEED TO THE ORLANDO VOR.' THE FO (PF) SELECTED ORL IN THE FMS. THE FMS COMMANDED A L TURN (AWAY FROM THE ARPT). BECAUSE OF THE VMC CONDITIONS; WE COULD SEE THE ARPT AND WERE SURE THAT IT WAS IN ERROR. RE-SELECTING ORL DID NOT CHANGE ANYTHING. USING FIX PAGE INSTEAD OF THE NAV PAGE WAS OF NO AVAIL. WHILE TRYING TO ASCERTAIN OUR EXACT POS RELATIVE TO THE VOR WE FLEW THROUGH THE LOC AND CAUSED A TFC CONFLICT WITH ACFT FLYING APCHS TO RWY 17. TA'S WERE TRIGGERED BY THE TCAS; BUT NO RA'S. WE WERE THEN GIVEN A VECTOR BACK TOWARDS THE ARPT AND COMPLETED THE APCH WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. AT THE GATE; AFTER THE FLT; THE POS OF ORL SELECTED IN THE FMS WAS N63 40.9 E009 37.4. THE ORLANDO VOR IS N28 32.6 W81.20.1 THUS CAUSING THE CONFUSION. WHEN PRESENTED WITH THE 2 POSSIBILITIES; THE FO APPARENTLY SELECTED THE WRONG ONE. SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPTS TO RE-SELECT THE PROPER VOR WERE UNSUCCESSFUL; WE WERE ALSO UNABLE TO QUICKLY DELETE THE FIX AS IT WAS THE ACTIVE FIX ONCE GO-DIRECT WAS SELECTED. SELECTING VOR FOR A BEARING POINTER ON THE EFIS PANEL WAS OF NO USE SINCE THE AUTO-TUNE HAD SELECTED ANOTHER FREQ. BY THE TIME WE WERE TRYING TO ENTER A VOR FREQ; WE HAD PASSED THE LOC INTO CONFLICT WITH OTHER TFC. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 724103: THE CREW DIDN'T HAVE ORL IN THE FMS; AND BOTH OF THE CREW WENT HEADS DOWN TO TYPE IT IN. THEY SELECTED THE WRONG 'ORL' (LOOKED LIKE IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE); AND THOUGHT THEY NEEDED TO MAKE A L HAND TURN TO PROCEED DIRECT TO ORL. DURING THE L HAND TURN; THEY CROSSED THROUGH THE LOC OF RWY 18R; AND FLEW INTO THE TFC FLOW OF RWYS 17L AND 17R. APCH VECTORED THEM BACK TO THE W SIDE OF THE ARPT; AND CLRED THEM FOR A VISUAL TO RWY 18R.

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