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A departure controller reported an aircraft departed on the wrong heading and was below the minimum vectoring altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1484750 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201710 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | S56.TRACON |
| State Reference | UT |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | SR22 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Departure |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
I was working departure sectors in a north flow. [A cirrus] departed and by the time he checked in on my frequency; I observed what looked like a turn to the east. I asked him to verify heading 340 and he said 'negative; I am in a right turn to [next point] at 5000 feet. I asked the aircraft if he could provide his own terrain obstruction clearance below 10000 feet because he was already in higher MVA's (minimum vectoring altitudes) he replied that he could. I turned him away from the mountains and gave him a low altitude alert. I then asked him one more time to verify he had the terrain in sight. The pilot responded in the positive. His track wasn't getting him away from the terrain as fast as I would have liked so I turned him further to the east. I'm not really sure what to recommend. The pilot was issued a heading from the tower but never read it back.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Departure Controller reported an aircraft departed on the wrong heading and was below the Minimum Vectoring Altitude.
Narrative: I was working departure sectors in a North flow. [A Cirrus] departed and by the time he checked in on my frequency; I observed what looked like a turn to the east. I asked him to verify heading 340 and he said 'negative; I am in a right turn to [next point] at 5000 feet. I asked the aircraft if he could provide his own terrain obstruction clearance below 10000 feet because he was already in higher MVA's (Minimum vectoring Altitudes) he replied that he could. I turned him away from the mountains and gave him a low altitude alert. I then asked him one more time to verify he had the terrain in sight. The pilot responded in the positive. His track wasn't getting him away from the terrain as fast as I would have liked so I turned him further to the East. I'm not really sure what to recommend. The pilot was issued a heading from the tower but never read it back.
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.