B767-300 and 300 ER
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 125; Flight Crew Total 6000; Flight Crew Type 3000
Human-Machine Interface
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert; Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem; Flight Crew Returned To Clearance; Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Human Factors; Aircraft
On climbout on the all-nighter to the East Coast; we were given a clearance direct to PEVEE. As the pilot flying I brought PEVEE to the top of the legs page and somehow dumped the box. I tried typing in PEVEE to proceed direct but must have miss-spelled the waypoint. ATC called and asked if we were proceeding direct to PEVEE; we responded that we were working on it. ATC gave us a vector to PEVEE. We were able to load PEVEE; proceed direct; and re-load the entire route. I am not sure how I dumped the box; but I should have been slower with the box work; Insured the pilot flying verified the proposed change and then executed. I also should have asked for a vector earlier when I dumped the box; instead of trying to type in the waypoint at night.
A B767-300 flight crew suffered a momentary track deviation when their attempts to program a 'direct to a fix clearance' on their FMC; their active route was lost. ATC provided a vector while they reprogrammed the route.