Track deviation from the gypsum two departure of eagle, co, airport.

Attributes
ACN	490741
Time
Date	200010
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ege.airport
State Reference	CO
Altitude	msl single value : 13500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdv.artcc tower : sju.tower
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Citation III, VI, VII
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Route In Use	departure sid : gypsum. 2
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 1300
ASRS Report	490741
Person 2
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 7500 flight time type : 14
ASRS Report	490742
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllerb
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Chart	sid : gypsum. 2

Narrative:

We departed ege on the published departure procedure. The departure procedure is not written clearly enough to explain the whole procedure. A review of the departure needs to be conducted and it should be rewritten. The departure was confusing and resulted in us not making a turn in order to avoid ase airspace. Also we were under radar contact at the time. ATC did not advise us of our deviation until we were already into ase airspace without a clearance. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter said that they were confused by the way the altitude and routing was written. They believed that their initial heading was to be maintained until they reached the altitude given. The reporter said that even though they had an FMS system it was not loaded with this departure and they were using standard VOR navigation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TRACK DEV FROM THE GYPSUM TWO DEP OF EAGLE, CO, ARPT.

Narrative: WE DEPARTED EGE ON THE PUBLISHED DEP PROC. THE DEP PROC IS NOT WRITTEN CLRLY ENOUGH TO EXPLAIN THE WHOLE PROC. A REVIEW OF THE DEP NEEDS TO BE CONDUCTED AND IT SHOULD BE REWRITTEN. THE DEP WAS CONFUSING AND RESULTED IN US NOT MAKING A TURN IN ORDER TO AVOID ASE AIRSPACE. ALSO WE WERE UNDER RADAR CONTACT AT THE TIME. ATC DID NOT ADVISE US OF OUR DEV UNTIL WE WERE ALREADY INTO ASE AIRSPACE WITHOUT A CLRNC. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID THAT THEY WERE CONFUSED BY THE WAY THE ALT AND ROUTING WAS WRITTEN. THEY BELIEVED THAT THEIR INITIAL HEADING WAS TO BE MAINTAINED UNTIL THEY REACHED THE ALT GIVEN. THE RPTR SAID THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD AN FMS SYS IT WAS NOT LOADED WITH THIS DEP AND THEY WERE USING STANDARD VOR NAV.

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.