A single piloted light twin departed IMC on the teb ruddy two and failed to turn to the correct head...

Attributes
ACN	975034
Time
Date	201110
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	TEB.Tower
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Transport Low Wing 2 Recip Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	Other RUUDY TWO
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 5300 Flight Crew Type 2200
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

I was departing teb. The clearance was ruddy two departure to parke. During my checklist/runup procedure; I was interrupted by ground control who instructed me to taxi ahead. After taxiing ahead; I continued my checklist/runup procedure and I failed to continue from the point in my check where I was at the time of the interruption (the instrument checks/setup). When cleared for takeoff; the tower asked me if I was familiar with the provisions of the departure; so I taxied onto the runway reviewing the highlights of the departure and failed to verify my heading with the runway heading. Upon departure; I turned to heading 240; as called for by the departure. Departure notified me that my heading was not correct and instructed me to turn right. Looking across at my right side heading indicator; I immediately; realized that my heading indicator on the captain's side was not set correctly.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A single piloted light twin departed IMC on the TEB RUDDY TWO and failed to turn to the correct heading because he was distracted by TEB Ground Control during his engine runup/checklist so did not set his panel correctly.

Narrative: I was departing TEB. The clearance was RUDDY TWO departure to PARKE. During my checklist/runup procedure; I was interrupted by Ground Control who instructed me to taxi ahead. After taxiing ahead; I continued my checklist/runup procedure and I failed to continue from the point in my check where I was at the time of the interruption (the instrument checks/setup). When cleared for takeoff; the Tower asked me if I was familiar with the provisions of the departure; so I taxied onto the runway reviewing the highlights of the departure and failed to verify my heading with the runway heading. Upon departure; I turned to heading 240; as called for by the Departure. Departure notified me that my heading was not correct and instructed me to turn right. Looking across at my right side heading indicator; I immediately; realized that my heading indicator on the Captain's side was not set correctly.

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.

A single piloted light twin departed IMC on the teb ruddy two and failed to turn to the correct heading because he was distracted by teb ground control during his engine runup/checklist so did not set his panel correctly.