S56 controller described a MVA separation loss event when an air carrier departure apparently made a...

Narrative:

A CRJ9 departed runway 34R from slc. I noticed the CRJ9 in a right turn climbing out of 5;300 and I told the supervisor to take a look. As I got done telling the supervisor about the CRJ9; the aircraft had checked in with me at 6;000 climbing and appeared eastbound. I issued the CRJ9 a low altitude alert while the aircraft was at 6;000 in a 7;500 MVA. I issued the aircraft an immediate left turn heading 310 and the aircraft confirmed that terrain was; 'in sight and not a problem'. The CRJ9 was placed on the departure then issued a pilot deviation notification. There was a C206; maneuvering about 3 miles east of slc at 7;500. I issued traffic on the C206 to the CRJ9 but it was not a factor.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: S56 Controller described a MVA separation loss event when an Air Carrier departure apparently made an incorrect turn after takeoff; resulting the the flight crew providing their own terrain clearance.

Narrative: A CRJ9 departed Runway 34R from SLC. I noticed the CRJ9 in a right turn climbing out of 5;300 and I told the Supervisor to take a look. As I got done telling the Supervisor about the CRJ9; the aircraft had checked in with me at 6;000 climbing and appeared eastbound. I issued the CRJ9 a low altitude alert while the aircraft was at 6;000 in a 7;500 MVA. I issued the aircraft an immediate left turn heading 310 and the aircraft confirmed that terrain was; 'in sight and not a problem'. The CRJ9 was placed on the departure then issued a pilot deviation notification. There was a C206; maneuvering about 3 miles east of SLC at 7;500. I issued traffic on the C206 to the CRJ9 but it was not a factor.

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	922497
Time
Date	201012
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	SLC.Airport
State Reference	UT
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 900 (CRJ900)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Departure
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

S56 controller described a MVA separation loss event when an air carrier departure apparently made an incorrect turn after takeoff; resulting the the flight crew providing their own terrain clearance.