Track deviation on departure by flight crew of medivac.

Attributes
ACN	183776
Time
Date	199103
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : edar
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 4000 msl bound upper : 5000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid enroute airway : edar
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 3600 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	183776
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Was to maintain FL110, where as the supervisor then came on the radio and asked where I was going. I replied that I was direct to rud as per the SID. He suggested that I reread the SID and then cleared me direct to rud, but you could tell that I did not make his day and that he was mad. I then put the aircraft on autoplt and retrieved the SID from the copilot and saw that the SID had a hard deck of FL40 until a transition point and that I was to turn left after the marker and intercept a radial out of rud and follow it into the beacon, not direct as I had been briefed. This pilot is type rated in 2 slower turbojet aircraft, but not this one, and holds an ATP certificate. He should be able to read a SID. After this I discussed this with 2 of the other capts and found that this was not the first time that he has done this and that all the other pilots are not letting him do any navigation. I found out the hard way, but we are lucky that there was no traffic above us that day!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TRACK DEV ON DEP BY FLC OF MEDIVAC.

Narrative: WAS TO MAINTAIN FL110, WHERE AS THE SUPVR THEN CAME ON THE RADIO AND ASKED WHERE I WAS GOING. I REPLIED THAT I WAS DIRECT TO RUD AS PER THE SID. HE SUGGESTED THAT I REREAD THE SID AND THEN CLRED ME DIRECT TO RUD, BUT YOU COULD TELL THAT I DID NOT MAKE HIS DAY AND THAT HE WAS MAD. I THEN PUT THE ACFT ON AUTOPLT AND RETRIEVED THE SID FROM THE COPLT AND SAW THAT THE SID HAD A HARD DECK OF FL40 UNTIL A TRANSITION POINT AND THAT I WAS TO TURN L AFTER THE MARKER AND INTERCEPT A RADIAL OUT OF RUD AND FOLLOW IT INTO THE BEACON, NOT DIRECT AS I HAD BEEN BRIEFED. THIS PLT IS TYPE RATED IN 2 SLOWER TURBOJET ACFT, BUT NOT THIS ONE, AND HOLDS AN ATP CERTIFICATE. HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO READ A SID. AFTER THIS I DISCUSSED THIS WITH 2 OF THE OTHER CAPTS AND FOUND THAT THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT HE HAS DONE THIS AND THAT ALL THE OTHER PLTS ARE NOT LETTING HIM DO ANY NAV. I FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY, BUT WE ARE LUCKY THAT THERE WAS NO TFC ABOVE US THAT DAY!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.