Air carrier medium large transport track heading deviation flying SID out of clt.

Attributes
ACN	148922
Time
Date	199006
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : clt
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 8000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : clt
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 23000 flight time type : 600
ASRS Report	148922
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We were cleared for a hornet one departure out of clt. Locas north departure. First officer or locas south 091 right. He knew then it was the 075 right but failed to tell the captain. Captain was flying and saw localizer-south and interpreted this as locus. Intercepted and started out on the 091 right and almost immediately before the turn was rolled out. Departure said I'm sorry I should have told you. Meanwhile, it was very brief. I took up new heading assigned by ATC of 055 to intercept 075 right to prevent recurrence. Localizer-south should be spelled out north and south localizer-south looks like locus. Its easy to use this at a glance instead!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG TRACK HEADING DEVIATION FLYING SID OUT OF CLT.

Narrative: WE WERE CLRED FOR A HORNET ONE DEP OUT OF CLT. LOCAS N DEP. F/O OR LOCAS S 091 R. HE KNEW THEN IT WAS THE 075 R BUT FAILED TO TELL THE CAPT. CAPT WAS FLYING AND SAW LOC-S AND INTERPRETED THIS AS LOCUS. INTERCEPTED AND STARTED OUT ON THE 091 R AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE TURN WAS ROLLED OUT. DEP SAID I'M SORRY I SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. MEANWHILE, IT WAS VERY BRIEF. I TOOK UP NEW HDG ASSIGNED BY ATC OF 055 TO INTERCEPT 075 R TO PREVENT RECURRENCE. LOC-S SHOULD BE SPELLED OUT N AND S LOC-S LOOKS LIKE LOCUS. ITS EASY TO USE THIS AT A GLANCE INSTEAD!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.