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Flight crew of a fokker 100 turned the wrong way after takeoff causing the tower to alert the crew to this fact and request that they tighten their turn.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 467037 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200003 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iah.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 500 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Fokker 100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Route In Use | departure : other published ifr departure |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| ASRS Report | 467037 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 466820 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued alert controller : issued new clearance none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
On takeoff, runway 15L we were given a turn to 310 degrees. Once established in the turn we were told to tighten the turn and that the clearance was a turn to the right but left turn was okay. Captain and first officer understood that the original clearance was to the right. We were busy on the ground with the before takeoff checklist. That may have been the source of the misunderstanding, if there was one. Of course the fokker flight director always turns the shortest direction when you pull it, but we both thought that we were issued a left turn.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A FOKKER 100 TURNED THE WRONG WAY AFTER TKOF CAUSING THE TWR TO ALERT THE CREW TO THIS FACT AND REQUEST THAT THEY TIGHTEN THEIR TURN.
Narrative: ON TKOF, RWY 15L WE WERE GIVEN A TURN TO 310 DEGS. ONCE ESTABLISHED IN THE TURN WE WERE TOLD TO TIGHTEN THE TURN AND THAT THE CLRNC WAS A TURN TO THE R BUT L TURN WAS OKAY. CAPT AND FO UNDERSTOOD THAT THE ORIGINAL CLRNC WAS TO THE R. WE WERE BUSY ON THE GND WITH THE BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST. THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SOURCE OF THE MISUNDERSTANDING, IF THERE WAS ONE. OF COURSE THE FOKKER FLT DIRECTOR ALWAYS TURNS THE SHORTEST DIRECTION WHEN YOU PULL IT, BUT WE BOTH THOUGHT THAT WE WERE ISSUED A L TURN.
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.