Narrative:

I was working sector right and my assistant released aircraft X off hhi climbing to 5000. After I established radar identification I continued to work other aircraft and noticed that aircraft X was not in a right turn on the departure procedure as expected. I questioned the aircraft and was told that they were assigned a vector and to expect additional vectors to palay intersection. The aircraft was climbing thru 3200 in a 4400 MVA and was headed to the mountain range. I immediately turned the aircraft left on a heading that would take the aircraft to a lower MVA and allow me to vector back on course. A right turn would have the aircraft along the mountains longer before diverging; while a left turn would take the aircraft away from the higher terrain and toward the pineapple fields south of haleiwa. When the aircraft was headed in the correct direction I instructed the aircraft; 'leaving 4400 (MVA) fly heading 160 vector for...'the controller responsible for issuing the departure clearance had apparently issued a radar vector departure clearance. We were not previously aware of this and would not have known other than to observe the aircraft. Because this airport (hhi) is basically non-radar until around 1000 ft. And because of the high terrain and MVA; the aircraft are always assigned a SID. I believe the inexperience of the issuing controller combined with the principal navaid (ckh) being OTS for the normal SID; combined for the non-issuance of a SID.a hcf center sector issues the clearances when the tower is open. The aircraft always depart on a SID into tracons airspace; before transitioning into center airspace. I believe the users and the TRACON would be better served by the TRACON controllers responsible for that airspace issuing the clearances to all aircraft departing hhi. We work the airspace; we know the airspace and the effect weather and navaid outages have on the departures out of that airport!

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HCF Controller describes a situation where an aircraft departs an airport under their control but does not follow the standard departure. Aircraft turns incorrectly and is in an area with a low MVA. Controller issues a vector towards a lower MVA and flight resumes safely.

Narrative: I was working sector R and my assistant released Aircraft X off HHI climbing to 5000. After I established radar identification I continued to work other aircraft and noticed that Aircraft X was not in a right turn on the departure procedure as expected. I questioned the aircraft and was told that they were assigned a vector and to expect additional vectors to Palay intersection. The aircraft was climbing thru 3200 in a 4400 MVA and was headed to the mountain range. I immediately turned the aircraft left on a heading that would take the aircraft to a lower MVA and allow me to vector back on course. A right turn would have the aircraft along the mountains longer before diverging; while a left turn would take the aircraft away from the higher terrain and toward the pineapple fields south of Haleiwa. When the aircraft was headed in the correct direction I instructed the aircraft; 'leaving 4400 (MVA) fly heading 160 vector for...'The controller responsible for issuing the departure clearance had apparently issued a radar vector departure clearance. We were not previously aware of this and would not have known other than to observe the aircraft. Because this airport (HHI) is basically non-radar until around 1000 ft. and because of the high terrain and MVA; the aircraft are always assigned a SID. I believe the inexperience of the issuing controller combined with the principal navaid (CKH) being OTS for the normal SID; combined for the non-issuance of a SID.A HCF Center sector issues the clearances when the tower is open. The aircraft always depart on a SID into TRACONS airspace; before transitioning into center airspace. I believe the users and the TRACON would be better served by the TRACON controllers responsible for that airspace issuing the clearances to all aircraft departing HHI. We work the airspace; we know the airspace and the effect weather and navaid outages have on the departures out of that airport!

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.