A RUSHED DEP PREPARATION AND THE MISREADING OF THE REVISED SEGMENT OF THE PDC CAUSES B737 FLT CREW TO FLY FILED SID VICE THE ONE BY WHICH THEY WERE CLEARED.

2008-07 · NASA ASRS report 794829

Date: 2008-07 · Aircraft: B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: initial_climb

Anomalies: deviation-track-heading-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance

Synopsis

A RUSHED DEP PREPARATION AND THE MISREADING OF THE REVISED SEGMENT OF THE PDC CAUSES B737 FLT CREW TO FLY FILED SID VICE THE ONE BY WHICH THEY WERE CLEARED.

Narrative

THE INBOUND ACFT ARRIVED 5 MINS AFTER OUR SCHEDULED DEP TIME. WE WERE RUSHED FOR TIME AND HAD NUMEROUS INTERRUPTIONS AS EVERYONE WAS PUSHING FOR A QUICK TURN TIME. I ENDED UP DEALING WITH A MINOR PROB WITH THE INFLT ENTERTAINMENT SYS. THEN A LAST MIN JUMPSEAT RIDER WAS ADDED AFTER RECEIVING WT AND BAL. OUR NORMAL FLOWS AND CHKLISTS WERE INTERRUPTED ONCE AGAIN. THE FO PRINTED UP OUR PDC AND READ IT OUT LOUD BUT MISSED THAT THE SID WAS DIFFERENT THAN FILED AND PRINTED ON OUR FLT PLAN. I ALWAYS READ THE PDC MYSELF BUT HONESTLY DON'T REMEMBER THAT I REALLY LOOKED IT OVER OTHER THAN TO LOOK AT THE ALT AND XPONDER CODE. I THINK I WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING SURE WE HAD THE TOLERANCE ON OUR WT AND BAL FOR THE LATE ADDITION. AFTER CHKING IN WITH DEP CTL; THE CTLR ASKED WHAT SID WE WERE ASSIGNED AND I STATED THE MAXXO 1. HE GAVE US A HDG TO INTERCEPT A FIX DOWN LINE AND SAID NOTHING MORE. THAT IS WHEN I REVIEWED OUR PDC AND NOTED OUR ERROR. I LET ALL THE INTERRUPTIONS AND SCHEDULE/CONNECTION CONCERNS DISRUPT MY NORMAL FLOWS. I DID NOT BACK UP THE FO ADEQUATELY; THUS RESULTING IN A COMPLETELY AVOIDABLE ERROR. WHILE I FULLY ACCEPT MY RESPONSIBILITY IN THE ERROR; I ALSO MUST EMPHASIZE HOW BAD OUR PRINTED PDC'S ARE AT IDENTING CHANGES TO THE FILED RTE. CHANGES SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTED IN A VERY OBVIOUS WAY.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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