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S56 controllers reported a turboprop flight crew turned right (east) toward terrain on the SLC3 departure; which required a heading of 340 degrees for vectors.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1375443 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201607 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | S56.TRACON |
| State Reference | UT |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Transport High Wing 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | Vectors SID SLC3 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Departure |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Flight Data / Clearance Delivery |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
I was working lake and gunnison combined. Aircraft X checked in; and I told him radar contact. I had quite a few different watch situations happening; so didn't climb him in that transmission. I looked back down to aircraft X and he was turned directly eastbound at higher terrain. I immediately turned him to a 160 heading; asked if he had the terrain in sight. He acknowledged the turn and said affirmative. I immediately called the tower to stop departures because he would be pointing directly back at them. I told aircraft X he was supposed to by flying 340 heading and ask why he turned. He said roger and kept turning right to a 340 heading stating he was flying via the SID. There was no loss of separation with terrain; but it was extremely close.no real recommendation here other than pilots need much more instruction on SID/STAR phraseology. There is still far too much misunderstanding about what to do with particular instructions.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: S56 controllers reported a turboprop flight crew turned right (east) toward terrain on the SLC3 departure; which required a heading of 340 degrees for vectors.
Narrative: I was working Lake and Gunnison combined. Aircraft X checked in; and I told him radar contact. I had quite a few different watch situations happening; so didn't climb him in that transmission. I looked back down to Aircraft X and he was turned directly eastbound at higher terrain. I immediately turned him to a 160 heading; asked if he had the terrain in sight. He acknowledged the turn and said affirmative. I immediately called the tower to stop departures because he would be pointing directly back at them. I told Aircraft X he was supposed to by flying 340 heading and ask why he turned. He said roger and kept turning right to a 340 heading stating he was flying via the SID. There was no loss of separation with terrain; but it was extremely close.No real recommendation here other than pilots need much more instruction on SID/STAR phraseology. There is still far too much misunderstanding about what to do with particular instructions.
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.