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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 414687 | 
| Time | |
| Date | 199809 | 
| Day | Tue | 
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 | 
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phx | 
| State Reference | AZ | 
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 800 agl bound upper : 5500  | 
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC | 
| Light | Daylight | 
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : phx tower : dfw  | 
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier | 
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing | 
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 | 
| Navigation In Use | Other  Other  | 
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff  | 
| Route In Use | departure : noise abatement departure other departure sid : sid  | 
| Flight Plan | IFR | 
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier | 
| Function | flight crew : captain observation : company check pilot oversight : pic  | 
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer  | 
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 7000  | 
| ASRS Report | 414687 | 
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier | 
| Function | flight crew : first officer instruction : trainee  | 
| Qualification | pilot : atp | 
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 6375 flight time type : 25  | 
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation  | 
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa  | 
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other  | 
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew | 
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance | 
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation | 
Narrative:
After liftoff of runway 8R, first officer became confused on departure procedure. First officer drifted north of course. Instructed first officer to correct to the right. I took control of aircraft and was making correction when tower asked if we were proceeding via the st johns departure. As I was already in a right turn, we responded we were correcting.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR MLG FO DOES NOT FOLLOW THE INITIAL HDG ON THE DEP PROC AFTER DEP PHX ARPT. CAPT CORRECTS THE ACFT'S HDG AS ATC INTERVENES.
Narrative: AFTER LIFTOFF OF RWY 8R, FO BECAME CONFUSED ON DEP PROC. FO DRIFTED N OF COURSE. INSTRUCTED FO TO CORRECT TO THE R. I TOOK CTL OF ACFT AND WAS MAKING CORRECTION WHEN TWR ASKED IF WE WERE PROCEEDING VIA THE ST JOHNS DEP. AS I WAS ALREADY IN A R TURN, WE RESPONDED WE WERE CORRECTING.
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.