Air carrier MD80 briefed for LOOP9 departure of runway 25R, but took off on runway 24L and flew wrong heading thereby conflicting with a company aircraft off runway 25 on a LAXX2 departure. Controller caught the error and vectored the MD80 for separation.

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Attributes
ACN	370390
Time
Date	199705
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Route In Use	departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Route In Use	departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : departure
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller military : 6 controller radar : 7
ASRS Report	370390
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	370211
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : unspecified other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 3000 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Air carrier X departed runway 24 heading 235 degrees, air carrier Y departed runway 25 on a LAXX2 departure. Air carrier X was not on the correct heading. Supplemental information from acn 370211: briefed a runway 25R loop departure from lax runway changed to runway 24L. Took off and flew the runway 25R departure from runway 24L. After crossing the smo 160 degree radial turned to 235 degrees. Departure control told us to turn to 250 degrees. Complied with instructions and flew the runway 24L loop departure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MD80 BRIEFED FOR LOOP9 DEP OF RWY 25R, BUT TOOK OFF ON RWY 24L AND FLEW WRONG HEADING THEREBY CONFLICTING WITH A COMPANY ACFT OFF RWY 25 ON A LAXX2 DEP. CTLR CAUGHT THE ERROR AND VECTORED THE MD80 FOR SEPARATION.

Narrative: ACR X DEPARTED RWY 24 HDG 235 DEGS, ACR Y DEPARTED RWY 25 ON A LAXX2 DEP. ACR X WAS NOT ON THE CORRECT HEADING. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 370211: BRIEFED A RWY 25R LOOP DEP FROM LAX RWY CHANGED TO RWY 24L. TOOK OFF AND FLEW THE RWY 25R DEP FROM RWY 24L. AFTER XING THE SMO 160 DEG RADIAL TURNED TO 235 DEGS. DEP CTL TOLD US TO TURN TO 250 DEGS. COMPLIED WITH INSTRUCTIONS AND FLEW THE RWY 24L LOOP DEP.

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.