B747 crew had track deviation departing vhhh.

Attributes
ACN	445710
Time
Date	199908
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : vhhh.airport
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl single value : 1800
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Weather Elements	Rain Turbulence
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : vhhh.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B747-100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : vacating altitude
Route In Use	departure sid : ns
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	445710
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance non adherence : company policies other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued alert flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : returned to original clearance
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On departure from hong kong, crew became busy avoiding rain showers in IMC conditions. Missed SID turn at 7 DME. Departure called us at 9 DME. We began turn then.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B747 CREW HAD TRACK DEV DEPARTING VHHH.

Narrative: ON DEP FROM HONG KONG, CREW BECAME BUSY AVOIDING RAIN SHOWERS IN IMC CONDITIONS. MISSED SID TURN AT 7 DME. DEP CALLED US AT 9 DME. WE BEGAN TURN THEN.

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.