ATC departure controller failed to give heading change to an aircraft departing on a right parallel runway in order to provide appropriate separation with an aircraft climbing out from the left runway of an adjacent set of parallel runways.

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Attributes
ACN	341168
Time
Date	199607
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 2000 agl bound upper : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : lax
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Brasilia EMB-120 All Series
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : departure
Qualification	other other : other
Experience	controller radar : 6
ASRS Report	341168
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : required legal separation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 6000 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error

Narrative:

Aircraft #1 departed runway 25R at lax. Aircraft #2 departed runway 24L at lax. Aircraft #1 should have been advised by lax tower to turn left heading 200 degrees after crossing smo 154 degree radial. Aircraft #1 did not turn. Aircraft #2 was immediately north of aircraft #1 at the same altitude. Both aircraft were heading 250 degrees climbing to 3000 ft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATC DEP CTLR FAILED TO GIVE HDG CHANGE TO AN ACFT DEPARTING ON A R PARALLEL RWY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE SEPARATION WITH AN ACFT CLBING OUT FROM THE L RWY OF AN ADJACENT SET OF PARALLEL RWYS.

Narrative: ACFT #1 DEPARTED RWY 25R AT LAX. ACFT #2 DEPARTED RWY 24L AT LAX. ACFT #1 SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY LAX TWR TO TURN L HDG 200 DEGS AFTER XING SMO 154 DEG RADIAL. ACFT #1 DID NOT TURN. ACFT #2 WAS IMMEDIATELY N OF ACFT #1 AT THE SAME ALT. BOTH ACFT WERE HDG 250 DEGS CLBING TO 3000 FT.

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.