P50 controller described a below MVA event involving a ffz departure assigned a MESA1.mesa SID. The ...

Narrative:

Falcon tower requested a release on an EA50. The aircraft departed on the mesa one departure but turned northbound to join his flight plan instead of remaining on the SID and flying southwest bound. The aircraft was level at 3;000 ft and only a mile from a 4;500 ft MVA by the time I established radio communication. I climbed the aircraft to 6;000 ft but it still entered the 4;500 ft MVA while it was at 3;000 ft. I asked the pilot if it could maintain its own terrain clearance. The pilot responded affirmative so I instructed the aircraft to do that then coordinated with the adjacent sectors for a hand off. There seems to be a lot of problems with pilots understanding the mesa one SID; maybe some education or a better description on the SID itself to help with confusion.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: P50 Controller described a below MVA event involving a FFZ departure assigned a MESA1.MESA SID. The Controller claimed that the aircraft turned in the wrong direction; adding that pilots seem to misunderstand the published procedure.

Narrative: Falcon Tower requested a release on an EA50. The aircraft departed on the Mesa One Departure but turned northbound to join his flight plan instead of remaining on the SID and flying southwest bound. The aircraft was level at 3;000 FT and only a mile from a 4;500 FT MVA by the time I established radio communication. I climbed the aircraft to 6;000 FT but it still entered the 4;500 FT MVA while it was at 3;000 FT. I asked the pilot if it could maintain its own terrain clearance. The pilot responded affirmative so I instructed the aircraft to do that then coordinated with the adjacent sectors for a hand off. There seems to be a lot of problems with pilots understanding the Mesa One SID; maybe some education or a better description on the SID itself to help with confusion.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1026424
Time
Date	201207
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	FFZ.Airport
State Reference	AZ
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Eclipse 500
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	SID MESA ONE
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Approach Departure
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

P50 controller described a below MVA event involving a ffz departure assigned a MESA1.mesa SID. The controller claimed that the aircraft turned in the wrong direction; adding that pilots seem to misunderstand the published procedure.