<< >> NASA ASRS Report 538781, February 2002

An alleged, insinuated heading track deviation by departure controller when the flight crew of a departure A320 does not turn to 330 degrees as controller expected on the hornet 1. Departure naley transition out of clt, nc.

Attributes
ACN	538781
Time
Date	200202
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : clt.airport
State Reference	NC
Altitude	msl single value : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : clt.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure sid : hornet 1
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	538781
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	538587
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued advisory none taken : detected after the fact none taken : anomaly accepted other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance Chart Or Publication
Primary Problem	Chart Or Publication
Situations
Chart	sid : hornet 1

Narrative:

Departure narrative says to fly runway heading until 2.5 DME clt, then left to 330 degrees, maintain 8000 ft. Pre departure clearance says hornet 1 departure naley intersection. Depicted area departure chart page 10-3A shows a dashed line (transition track) to join and continuing to naley also a dashed line to 330 degree heading and radar vector chevrons. We loaded the hornet 1 departure in the mcdu with the naley transition. This depicted straight out to jotta/naley intersection. On departure, about 3 NM from departure end, departure controller asked if we were turning left to intercept 330 degree heading. We said we were proceeding to naley transition. He said continue. Couple mins later, he queried us again why we didn't turn to 330 degree heading, and we said the departure chart was confusing (narrative said one thing and picture another). He said ok.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ALLEGED, INSINUATED HDG TRACK DEV BY DEP CTLR WHEN THE FLC OF A DEP A320 DOES NOT TURN TO 330 DEGS AS CTLR EXPECTED ON THE HORNET 1. DEP NALEY TRANSITION OUT OF CLT, NC.

Narrative: DEP NARRATIVE SAYS TO FLY RWY HDG UNTIL 2.5 DME CLT, THEN L TO 330 DEGS, MAINTAIN 8000 FT. PDC SAYS HORNET 1 DEP NALEY INTXN. DEPICTED AREA DEP CHART PAGE 10-3A SHOWS A DASHED LINE (TRANSITION TRACK) TO JOIN AND CONTINUING TO NALEY ALSO A DASHED LINE TO 330 DEG HDG AND RADAR VECTOR CHEVRONS. WE LOADED THE HORNET 1 DEP IN THE MCDU WITH THE NALEY TRANSITION. THIS DEPICTED STRAIGHT OUT TO JOTTA/NALEY INTXN. ON DEP, ABOUT 3 NM FROM DEP END, DEP CTLR ASKED IF WE WERE TURNING L TO INTERCEPT 330 DEG HDG. WE SAID WE WERE PROCEEDING TO NALEY TRANSITION. HE SAID CONTINUE. COUPLE MINS LATER, HE QUERIED US AGAIN WHY WE DIDN'T TURN TO 330 DEG HDG, AND WE SAID THE DEP CHART WAS CONFUSING (NARRATIVE SAID ONE THING AND PICTURE ANOTHER). HE SAID OK.

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.