Helicopter crew departing teb runway 19 from the south end is cleared for takeoff and told to 'make ...

Narrative:

We were awaiting release for IFR trip from teb in the run-up block adjacent to departure end of runway 19. We discussed the TEB5 departure instructions which said to depart runway heading to 1;500 ft; then make a right turn to heading 280 and maintain 1;500 ft until past the 4.5 DME of teb. Tower cleared us for takeoff and told us to 'make it look like a 24 departure'. I acknowledged and read that instruction back. We took off and maintained a heading of 190 instead of 240. At approximately 1;000 ft; tower called us and told us that we needed to be on the runway heading of 240; with which we immediately complied. We continued to 1;500 ft and made the turn to 280. Tower switched us to departure; and I checked in at 1;500 ft; 280 heading. The controller acknowledged; and then asked us where on the airport we had departed from. I responded and also told him that we were told to make it look like a departure from runway 24. He then gave us climb instructions; with which we complied. At no time prior to that clearance did we go above 1;500 ft. Nothing else was said. I believe that the problem was caused by thinking that we were adjacent to the departure end of 24; instead of the departure end of 19. Next time I make a non-runway IFR departure; I will be certain that we review the area on the airport from which we are departing in addition to the instrument departure procedure. I believe that will prevent such an occurrence in the future.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Helicopter crew departing TEB Runway 19 from the south end is cleared for takeoff and told to 'make it look like a 24 departure.' The crew misunderstood and heads 190 degrees until corrected by the Tower.

Narrative: We were awaiting release for IFR trip from TEB in the run-up block adjacent to departure end of Runway 19. We discussed the TEB5 departure instructions which said to depart runway heading to 1;500 FT; then make a right turn to heading 280 and maintain 1;500 FT until past the 4.5 DME of TEB. Tower cleared us for takeoff and told us to 'make it look like a 24 departure'. I acknowledged and read that instruction back. We took off and maintained a heading of 190 instead of 240. At approximately 1;000 FT; Tower called us and told us that we needed to be on the runway heading of 240; with which we immediately complied. We continued to 1;500 FT and made the turn to 280. Tower switched us to Departure; and I checked in at 1;500 FT; 280 heading. The Controller acknowledged; and then asked us where on the airport we had departed from. I responded and also told him that we were told to make it look like a departure from Runway 24. He then gave us climb instructions; with which we complied. At no time prior to that clearance did we go above 1;500 FT. Nothing else was said. I believe that the problem was caused by thinking that we were adjacent to the departure end of 24; instead of the departure end of 19. Next time I make a non-runway IFR departure; I will be certain that we review the area on the airport from which we are departing in addition to the instrument departure procedure. I believe that will prevent such an occurrence in the future.

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	834450
Time
Date	200905
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	TEB.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	S-76/S-76 Mark II
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	SID TEB 5
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 35 Flight Crew Total 7000 Flight Crew Type 4000
Person 2
Function	Local
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Helicopter crew departing teb runway 19 from the south end is cleared for takeoff and told to 'make it look like a 24 departure.' the crew misunderstood and heads 190 degrees until corrected by the tower.