<< >> NASA ASRS Report 847595, August 2009

PA32 pilot on IFR departure from poc reported conflict with aircraft that departed off parallel runway.

Attributes
ACN	847595
Time
Date	200908
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	POC.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-32 Cherokee Six/Lance/Saratoga/6X
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Cessna Single Piston Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 12 Flight Crew Total 1911 Flight Crew Type 1015
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types
Miss Distance	Horizontal 350 Vertical 150

Narrative:

I was on a departure (SID) out of poc in VMC. Cessna was departing on parallel runway. My departure heading (assigned by tower) was in conflict with departing cessna. I had to adjust my heading to avoid serious conflict. Due to my fixating on the possible conflict I missed my left turn (southern path) onto the departure course (SID). This caused some temporary confusion on my part that lead to an incorrect turn when socal departure control was trying to help me. Controller pointed out errors as did tower when I had to adjust my heading off the runway. My preoccupation with the potential aircraft conflict lead me to a series of simple mistakes. Contributing factors were exact same departure with cessna on very close runway an IFR departure heading that was putting me too close to cessna. Very little sleep and about 35 days of no flying may have contributed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA32 Pilot on IFR departure from POC reported conflict with aircraft that departed off parallel runway.

Narrative: I was on a departure (SID) out of POC in VMC. Cessna was departing on parallel runway. My departure heading (assigned by Tower) was in conflict with departing Cessna. I had to adjust my heading to avoid serious conflict. Due to my fixating on the possible conflict I missed my left turn (southern path) onto the departure course (SID). This caused some temporary confusion on my part that lead to an incorrect turn when SOCAL Departure Control was trying to help me. Controller pointed out errors as did Tower when I had to adjust my heading off the runway. My preoccupation with the potential aircraft conflict lead me to a series of simple mistakes. Contributing Factors were exact same departure with Cessna on very close runway an IFR departure heading that was putting me too close to Cessna. Very little sleep and about 35 days of no flying may have contributed.

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.