B737 flight crew does not adhere to SID departing rno.

Attributes
ACN	438130
Time
Date	199905
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rno.airport
State Reference	NV
Altitude	msl single value : 8000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : rno.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Route In Use	departure sid : mustang five
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 220 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 220
ASRS Report	438130
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : radar other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued advisory flight crew : returned to original clearance
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Failed to begin turn towards fmg VOR after 3 NM. Misread SID instructions. Corrected immediately with ATC acknowledgement.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 FLC DOES NOT ADHERE TO SID DEPARTING RNO.

Narrative: FAILED TO BEGIN TURN TOWARDS FMG VOR AFTER 3 NM. MISREAD SID INSTRUCTIONS. CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY WITH ATC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

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.