An aircraft on the cottonwood 2 departure from ege turned left towards jaban after ralpe rather than...

Narrative:

Captain took off on cottonwood 2 RNAV departure. Toga takeoff with flaps 1. Captain discussed the departure in the chocks while passengers were boarding. Captain had a good handle on the execution of the departure. After takeoff; the aircraft was climbing out at 3000-4000 feet per minute. At 9500 feet (thrust reduction altitude); the captain set climb power. I responded 'climb set'. At 'south' speed; he called 'flaps up; after takeoff'. I responded by selecting flaps up. We were approaching an intersection and above 10;000 feet. The capt asked if we could proceed to jesie intersection. I said 'yes; I'm surprised center has cleared us direct already.' I went heads down to read the after takeoff checklist and denver asked if we were turning direct to jesie. I saw the captain working on the mcdu; so I responded 'we're putting it in the box now.' the aircraft began a slow left turn and the captain asked 'does that look good?'I interrupted the after takeoff checklist; switched to plan mode and confirmed a right turn to jesie and told the captain 'yes'. As he executed the input; the nd switched to a left turn to jesie (wrong direction). Denver immediately asked if we were turning left. I responded that the mcdu had us turning left and that we were executing a hard turn to the right. Captain had selected heading mode and was turning the aircraft to the right. Denver mentioned aspen airspace and that this had happened several times recently. He also asked if we could brief our pilot group about this. I told him we would submit a report.I've been into ege often and have never had a problem. The takeoff brief was good and thought the captain had a good handle on the departure. I think if I would have had direct jesie ready to execute when we hit ralpe; we would have avoided the aircraft turning left at jaban and the aircraft would have turned right (the correct direction) to jesie.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An aircraft on the Cottonwood 2 Departure from EGE turned left towards JABAN after RALPE rather than to the right to JESIE. The left turn is meant for the engine out procedure. This resulted in a conflict with ASE traffic.

Narrative: Captain took off on Cottonwood 2 RNAV Departure. TOGA takeoff with Flaps 1. Captain discussed the departure in the chocks while passengers were boarding. Captain had a good handle on the execution of the departure. After takeoff; the aircraft was climbing out at 3000-4000 feet per minute. At 9500 feet (thrust reduction altitude); the Captain set climb power. I responded 'climb set'. At 'S' speed; he called 'flaps up; after takeoff'. I responded by selecting flaps up. We were approaching an intersection and above 10;000 feet. The Capt asked if we could proceed to JESIE intersection. I said 'yes; I'm surprised Center has cleared us direct already.' I went heads down to read the after takeoff checklist and Denver asked if we were turning direct to JESIE. I saw the Captain working on the MCDU; so I responded 'we're putting it in the box now.' The aircraft began a slow left turn and the Captain asked 'does that look good?'I interrupted the after takeoff checklist; switched to plan mode and confirmed a right turn to JESIE and told the Captain 'yes'. As he executed the input; the ND switched to a left turn to JESIE (wrong direction). Denver immediately asked if we were turning left. I responded that the MCDU had us turning left and that we were executing a hard turn to the right. Captain had selected heading mode and was turning the aircraft to the right. Denver mentioned Aspen airspace and that this had happened several times recently. He also asked if we could brief our pilot group about this. I told him we would submit a report.I've been into EGE often and have never had a problem. The takeoff brief was good and thought the Captain had a good handle on the departure. I think if I would have had direct JESIE ready to execute when we hit RALPE; we would have avoided the aircraft turning left at JABAN and the aircraft would have turned right (the correct direction) to JESIE.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1324964
Time
Date	201601
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZDV.ARTCC
State Reference	CO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	SID Cottonwood 2
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 3.0
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

An aircraft on the cottonwood 2 departure from ege turned left towards jaban after ralpe rather than to the right to jesie. The left turn is meant for the engine out procedure. This resulted in a conflict with ase traffic.