Narrative:

During departure from teb with clearance for the ruudy 4 departure procedure; haays intersection; I mistakenly started a turn towards haays after passing ruudy without receiving vectors. Shortly after the turn towards haays; ATC advised about the heading mismatch. At this point I realized that I should have continued on heading 280 and expect vectors to haays. ATC pointed out traffic in front of me which I reported in sight and no action was required to maintain visual separation.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: M20 pilot reports turning direct to HAAYS after passing RUUDY on the RUUDY4 departure from TEB. ATC advises him of his error.

Narrative: During departure from TEB with clearance for the RUUDY 4 departure procedure; HAAYS Intersection; I mistakenly started a turn towards HAAYS after passing RUUDY without receiving vectors. Shortly after the turn towards HAAYS; ATC advised about the heading mismatch. At this point I realized that I should have continued on heading 280 and expect vectors to HAAYS. ATC pointed out traffic in front of me which I reported in sight and no action was required to maintain visual separation.

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.