B737-300 crew misread the gorman 3 SID when departing lax.

Attributes
ACN	572467
Time
Date	200201
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl single value : 7000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sct.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude ground : maintenance
Route In Use	departure sid : gorman 3
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 8000
ASRS Report	572467
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

We were flying the gorman 3 SID out of lax on a heading to intercept the departure, the 323 degree radial from lax. The commercial lax page appears to have the radial coming from smo VOR rather than lax VOR. I glanced down and saw this and tuned smo VOR for the intercept which was incorrect. As I engaged the LNAV system with autoplt the aircraft did not make much of a correction so the 323 degree radials from lax and smo vors could not be far apart. ATC never mentioned any deviations. The smo VOR should be left off this departure page plan view as it provides a confusing depiction of the departure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-300 CREW MISREAD THE GORMAN 3 SID WHEN DEPARTING LAX.

Narrative: WE WERE FLYING THE GORMAN 3 SID OUT OF LAX ON A HDG TO INTERCEPT THE DEP, THE 323 DEG RADIAL FROM LAX. THE COMMERCIAL LAX PAGE APPEARS TO HAVE THE RADIAL COMING FROM SMO VOR RATHER THAN LAX VOR. I GLANCED DOWN AND SAW THIS AND TUNED SMO VOR FOR THE INTERCEPT WHICH WAS INCORRECT. AS I ENGAGED THE LNAV SYS WITH AUTOPLT THE ACFT DID NOT MAKE MUCH OF A CORRECTION SO THE 323 DEG RADIALS FROM LAX AND SMO VORS COULD NOT BE FAR APART. ATC NEVER MENTIONED ANY DEVS. THE SMO VOR SHOULD BE LEFT OFF THIS DEP PAGE PLAN VIEW AS IT PROVIDES A CONFUSING DEPICTION OF THE DEP.

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.