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A captain discovered his company's ewr runway 4L procedure called for a right turn to 010 after takeoff whereas the standard procedure calls for a more likely left turn.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1026820 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201207 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | EWR.Airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Aero Charts |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
While briefing the t-procedure for ewr runway 4L; we noticed that the ACARS procedure called for a right turn to 010 degrees. The company's procedure called for a left turn to 010 degrees. With a runway heading of 039 degrees the left turn makes sense.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Captain discovered his Company's EWR Runway 4L procedure called for a right turn to 010 after takeoff whereas the standard procedure calls for a more likely left turn.
Narrative: While briefing the T-procedure for EWR Runway 4L; we noticed that the ACARS procedure called for a right turn to 010 degrees. The Company's procedure called for a LEFT turn to 010 degrees. With a runway heading of 039 degrees the LEFT turn makes sense.
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.