A ZHN controller reported an aircraft deviated from the filed route while climbing to an enroute alt...

Attributes
ACN	1316319
Time
Date	201512
Place
Locale Reference	HCF.TRACON
State Reference	HI
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Developmental
Experience	Air Traffic Control Radar 2.5
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

Aircraft just took radar handoff from sector 10 and aircraft checked in climbing. Aircraft was observed turning south bound. I observed the aircraft about 1 mile west of the flight plan route after the turn climbing thru 114 on the way to cruise altitude but in the 120 MVA area due to the deviation west of course. I advised the aircraft that he was right of course but did not issue a low alt alert as they were already climbing thru 120 and issued a heading of 180 as the aircraft climbed thru 120 above the MVA. The crew then advised me that they were on a 180 heading and then said that they were direct to a waypoint which is not on their flight plan. I called their next sector and asked them if they had issued a clearance to the waypoint and they confirmed that they did not. I think the pilot may have been anticipating a turn toward the waypoint and did so in advance of a clearance there by violating the 120 MVA over haleakala.I'm not sure; this was more of a pilot action situation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A ZHN Controller reported an aircraft deviated from the filed route while climbing to an enroute altitude and violated the ZHN Haleakala 12;000 foot MVA. The Controller did not issue a Low Altitude Alert.

Narrative: Aircraft just took radar handoff from sector 10 and aircraft checked in climbing. Aircraft was observed turning south bound. I observed the aircraft about 1 mile west of the flight plan route after the turn climbing thru 114 on the way to cruise altitude but in the 120 MVA area due to the deviation west of course. I advised the aircraft that he was right of course but did not issue a low alt alert as they were already climbing thru 120 and issued a heading of 180 as the aircraft climbed thru 120 above the MVA. The crew then advised me that they were on a 180 heading and then said that they were direct to a waypoint which is not on their flight plan. I called their next sector and asked them if they had issued a clearance to the waypoint and they confirmed that they did not. I think the pilot may have been anticipating a turn toward the waypoint and did so in advance of a clearance there by violating the 120 MVA over Haleakala.I'm not sure; this was more of a pilot action situation.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

A ZHN controller reported an aircraft deviated from the filed route while climbing to an enroute altitude and violated the ZHN haleakala 12;000 foot MVA. The controller did not issue a low altitude alert.