Near midair collision. Intruder helicopter misunderstood departure instructions.

Attributes
ACN	320825
Time
Date	199511
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hnl
State Reference	HI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 50 agl bound upper : 100
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : hnl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 7600 flight time type : 4700
ASRS Report	320825
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 8900 flight time type : 5500
ASRS Report	321272
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 300 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Taking off on runway 8L at taxiway rb, rotated at taxiway G, at 50 ft AGL noticed helicopter crossing runway 8L right to left at approximately taxiway east. Initiated evasive slow right turn at 100 ft AGL to avoid conflict. Tower reported conflict shortly thereafter. Received additional RA advisory due to landing traffic on runway 4R. Flight then proceeded normally. Helicopter was instructed to stay south of runway 8L on departure. Supplemental information from acn 321272: tower reported conflict shortly thereafter by saying 'sorry for the inconvenience.' my reply was 'well it happens.' note -- overheard helicopter telling tower he did not understand directions, before we switched to approach.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NMAC. INTRUDER HELI MISUNDERSTOOD DEP INSTRUCTIONS.

Narrative: TAKING OFF ON RWY 8L AT TXWY RB, ROTATED AT TXWY G, AT 50 FT AGL NOTICED HELI XING RWY 8L R TO L AT APPROX TXWY E. INITIATED EVASIVE SLOW R TURN AT 100 FT AGL TO AVOID CONFLICT. TWR RPTED CONFLICT SHORTLY THEREAFTER. RECEIVED ADDITIONAL RA ADVISORY DUE TO LNDG TFC ON RWY 4R. FLT THEN PROCEEDED NORMALLY. HELI WAS INSTRUCTED TO STAY S OF RWY 8L ON DEP. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 321272: TWR RPTED CONFLICT SHORTLY THEREAFTER BY SAYING 'SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.' MY REPLY WAS 'WELL IT HAPPENS.' NOTE -- OVERHEARD HELI TELLING TWR HE DID NOT UNDERSTAND DIRECTIONS, BEFORE WE SWITCHED TO APCH.

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.