A pilot who departed on the las shead 7 RNAV without an FMS became very busy so that he transposed w...

Attributes
ACN	998925
Time
Date	201203
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	LAS.Airport
State Reference	NV
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Light Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	SID SHEAD 7
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 10
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Altitude Crossing Restriction Not Met Deviation - Procedural Clearance

Narrative:

The shead 7 departure requires five altitude restrictions on successive waypoints right after departure. The first is at 7;000 MSL; and the second is at 9;000 MSL. I misread the waypoint name and commenced the climb from the 7;000 ft initial level off to the next altitude (9;000) one waypoint early. The controller noticed it and asked when I was at about 7;700 ft; before clearing me unrestricted to FL190. My mistake; but a SID design that requires aircraft without VNAV to rapidly scan back and forth from closely spaced waypoints during the busy initial climb; fly the airplane and communicate with two ATC sectors; is flawed. In retrospect; I should have requested the mccarran 3; which has a more conventional pilot workload.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot who departed on the LAS SHEAD 7 RNAV without an FMS became very busy so that he transposed waypoints and began a climb to 9;000 FT before passing POPPR.

Narrative: The SHEAD 7 Departure requires five altitude restrictions on successive waypoints right after departure. The first is at 7;000 MSL; and the second is at 9;000 MSL. I misread the waypoint name and commenced the climb from the 7;000 FT initial level off to the next altitude (9;000) one waypoint early. The Controller noticed it and asked when I was at about 7;700 FT; before clearing me unrestricted to FL190. My mistake; but a SID design that requires aircraft without VNAV to rapidly scan back and forth from closely spaced waypoints during the busy initial climb; fly the airplane and communicate with two ATC sectors; is flawed. In retrospect; I should have requested the McCarran 3; which has a more conventional pilot workload.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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 pilot who departed on the las shead 7 RNAV without an FMS became very busy so that he transposed waypoints and began a climb to 9;000 ft before passing poppr.