Atl controller described a potential conflict involving an RNAV departure routing; noting that equip...

Narrative:

A B717 was cleared for take off RNAV hrshl and he read back RNAV hrshl and flew RNAV to ronii. He thought he was a COKEM5 departure but he was really a RAMBLN6 departure. The flight plan showed he was a ramblin which is why I cleared him to hrshl. He ended up less than 3 miles behind the previous departure. Visibility was 1/2 mile and ceiling was 400 ovc so I couldn't observe his turn visually; not that you can because the racd and asde-X for local control 1 is hanging in the window blocking your view. I saw him turn towards hrshl before I switched him to departure but missed his turn to ronii because my racd is slaved to local control 1 racd and since that is an arrival local; the racd is set up to see arrivals and I only can see about 5 miles of my departure airspace. Not really safe but we do the best we can. Individual racd's for each position!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATL Controller described a potential conflict involving an RNAV departure routing; noting that equipment limitations prevented him/her from observing the initial wrong turn and suggesting additional and/or re-location of RADAR displays in the Tower.

Narrative: A B717 was cleared for take off RNAV HRSHL and he read back RNAV HRSHL and flew RNAV to RONII. He thought he was a COKEM5 Departure but he was really a RAMBLN6 Departure. The flight plan showed he was a RAMBLIN which is why I cleared him to HRSHL. He ended up less than 3 miles behind the previous departure. Visibility was 1/2 mile and ceiling was 400 OVC so I couldn't observe his turn visually; not that you can because the RACD and ASDE-X for Local Control 1 is hanging in the window blocking your view. I saw him turn towards HRSHL before I switched him to Departure but missed his turn to RONII because my RACD is slaved to Local Control 1 RACD and since that is an arrival local; the RACD is set up to see arrivals and I only can see about 5 miles of my departure airspace. Not really safe but we do the best we can. Individual RACD's for each position!

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.

Attributes
ACN	1005533
Time
Date	201204
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ATL.Airport
State Reference	GA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B717 (Formerly MD-95)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Local
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Atl controller described a potential conflict involving an RNAV departure routing; noting that equipment limitations prevented him/her from observing the initial wrong turn and suggesting additional and/or re-location of radar displays in the tower.