Terrain warnings resulted when an MD88 flight crew departed abq with incorrect interpretation of the...

Narrative:

Prior to departure out of abq; the copilot briefed the departure including the 'air carrier special pages' and the SID. It was determined that we would follow the 'voluntary noise abatement procedure' which would have us make no turns prior to 13.5 DME from abq VOR. Once cleared for takeoff; we were given a heading of '170 degrees after departure.' copilot continued to 13.5 DME and started a turn to heading 170 degrees. He continued to clean up the aircraft and left the aircraft at 15 degrees of bank. I suggested leaving the slats out where we could get to 25 degrees quicker per the flight plan. He continued to accelerate to reach clean speed to get to 25 degrees. During the turn; approach control said they were getting a 'terrain alert and MVA was 5;500 ft MSL.' at that time we also got a GPWS warning for the hill that we had visually below us. We were already at 6;700 ft MSL at that point. Approach asked if we were doing the noise abatement procedure as 'it isn't needed to the south' and we said 'yes.' we later reviewed the SID and our 'special pages' to see where the misunderstanding arose. The ABQ2 vector SID says that the noise abatement procedure is only valid for a left turn. Our 'special page' says that it should be followed per SID or ATC clearance. The chart view of our 'special page' for engine-out procedures also displays the 13.5 DME fix with turns to the south which reinforced the issue. Another issue is what is an 'ATC clearance on departure' i.e.; a heading) sans a SID departure -- especially when the SID is just a vector. Since our 'special pages' take precedence over a SID; this could have been avoided with a better worded flight plan or a remark stating that 'noise abatement is not required to the south.'

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Terrain warnings resulted when an MD88 flight crew departed ABQ with incorrect interpretation of the voluntary noise abatement procedure delineated by the several publications -- company and federally -- provided for their use.

Narrative: Prior to departure out of ABQ; the Copilot briefed the departure including the 'Air Carrier special pages' and the SID. It was determined that we would follow the 'voluntary noise abatement procedure' which would have us make no turns prior to 13.5 DME from ABQ VOR. Once cleared for takeoff; we were given a heading of '170 degrees after departure.' Copilot continued to 13.5 DME and started a turn to heading 170 degrees. He continued to clean up the aircraft and left the aircraft at 15 degrees of bank. I suggested leaving the slats out where we could get to 25 degrees quicker per the flight plan. He continued to accelerate to reach clean speed to get to 25 degrees. During the turn; Approach Control said they were getting a 'terrain alert and MVA was 5;500 FT MSL.' At that time we also got a GPWS warning for the hill that we had visually below us. We were already at 6;700 FT MSL at that point. Approach asked if we were doing the noise abatement procedure as 'it isn't needed to the south' and we said 'yes.' We later reviewed the SID and our 'special pages' to see where the misunderstanding arose. The ABQ2 vector SID says that the noise abatement procedure is only valid for a left turn. Our 'special page' says that it should be followed per SID or ATC clearance. The chart view of our 'special page' for engine-out procedures also displays the 13.5 DME fix with turns to the south which reinforced the issue. Another issue is what is an 'ATC clearance on departure' i.e.; a heading) sans a SID departure -- especially when the SID is just a vector. Since our 'special pages' take precedence over a SID; this could have been avoided with a better worded flight plan or a remark stating that 'noise abatement is not required to the south.'

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	822509
Time
Date	200902
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ABQ.Airport
State Reference	NM
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-88
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	SID ABQ
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 2500
Person 2
Function	Departure
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Terrain warnings resulted when an MD88 flight crew departed abq with incorrect interpretation of the voluntary noise abatement procedure delineated by the several publications -- company and federally -- provided for their use.