After departing on the dca national 3; the corporate first officer turned before the 328 radial and ...

Attributes
ACN	1158448
Time
Date	201403
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	PCT.TRACON
State Reference	VA
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	SID NATIONAL 3
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 6500 Flight Crew Type 3000
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 8200 Flight Crew Type 400
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

The national 3 departure was loaded into the FMS and reviewed prior to taxi. After takeoff; pilot flying made an immediate climbing left turn resulting in an overshoot of the dca 328 degree radial per the national 3 departure; placing the aircraft slightly west of the intended course. The FMS commanded a right turn back to the east to intercept the 328 degree radial. The turn back to intercept; however; resulted in a slight overshoot of the radial which placed the airplane close to the prohibited area. The potomac departure controller issued a heading to turn back northwest bound away from the prohibited area and back on course. Due to the lack of visual reference to the river along the departure corridor because of the low ceilings; it was not immediately apparent to the crew of the overshoot on the 328 degree radial toward the prohibited area east of the river. Afterward it was discussed that a better backup to the FMS blue data should have been displayed more prominently on the pfd. A bearing pointer; which is white in color; was displayed on the pfd; but a better solution would have been to utilize the HSI green needle instead. This would have provided better situational awareness and would have also served to better alert the pilots of the impending overshoot.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: After departing on the DCA NATIONAL 3; the Corporate First Officer turned before the 328 Radial and when correcting back to the radial; the FMS guidance overshot possibly causing a P40 violation.

Narrative: The NATIONAL 3 departure was loaded into the FMS and reviewed prior to taxi. After takeoff; pilot flying made an immediate climbing left turn resulting in an overshoot of the DCA 328 degree radial per the National 3 departure; placing the aircraft slightly west of the intended course. The FMS commanded a right turn back to the east to intercept the 328 degree radial. The turn back to intercept; however; resulted in a slight overshoot of the radial which placed the airplane close to the prohibited area. The Potomac Departure Controller issued a heading to turn back northwest bound away from the prohibited area and back on course. Due to the lack of visual reference to the river along the departure corridor because of the low ceilings; it was not immediately apparent to the crew of the overshoot on the 328 degree radial toward the prohibited area east of the river. Afterward it was discussed that a better backup to the FMS blue data should have been displayed more prominently on the PFD. A bearing pointer; which is white in color; was displayed on the PFD; but a better solution would have been to utilize the HSI green needle instead. This would have provided better situational awareness and would have also served to better alert the pilots of the impending overshoot.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

After departing on the dca national 3; the corporate first officer turned before the 328 radial and when correcting back to the radial; the FMS guidance overshot possibly causing a P40 violation.