Air carrier mg departing clt flies hornet 2 SID instead of new hornet 3 SID.

Attributes
ACN	180044
Time
Date	199105
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : clt
State Reference	NC
Altitude	msl bound lower : 15000 msl bound upper : 15000
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
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude ground : preflight
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 7000
ASRS Report	180044
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
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:

On flight from clt-ord. Unknown to pilot crew, clt hornet 2 departure was changed to hornet 3 on this day. Read back clearance for a sandy transition which no longer existed. Clearance never corrected for a sadie transition on readback. Sandy was the clt 286 degree right; sadie is the clt 347 degree right. After takeoff (first officer flying) departure directed us to intercept sadie. Captain read back sandy. Departure corrected sadie. Captain replied sandy. (They sound alike with the controller's southern accent). First officer turned the aircraft to about 260 degree heading after being told to join the sadie transition. In middle of turn from 330 degrees to 260 degrees, controller said, 'there is some confusion. Turn to 010 degrees to fly out the control 347 radial.' factors: commercial chart updates were issued with change after crew had departed home base on a 4 day trip. FAA should have 5 or more days lead time for an effective change date so the above factor would not occur. Clt should have a note on the ATIS warning of the SID change with similar sounding departure radials.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MG DEPARTING CLT FLIES HORNET 2 SID INSTEAD OF NEW HORNET 3 SID.

Narrative: ON FLT FROM CLT-ORD. UNKNOWN TO PLT CREW, CLT HORNET 2 DEP WAS CHANGED TO HORNET 3 ON THIS DAY. READ BACK CLRNC FOR A SANDY TRANSITION WHICH NO LONGER EXISTED. CLRNC NEVER CORRECTED FOR A SADIE TRANSITION ON READBACK. SANDY WAS THE CLT 286 DEG R; SADIE IS THE CLT 347 DEG R. AFTER TKOF (F/O FLYING) DEP DIRECTED US TO INTERCEPT SADIE. CAPT READ BACK SANDY. DEP CORRECTED SADIE. CAPT REPLIED SANDY. (THEY SOUND ALIKE WITH THE CTLR'S SOUTHERN ACCENT). F/O TURNED THE ACFT TO ABOUT 260 DEG HDG AFTER BEING TOLD TO JOIN THE SADIE TRANSITION. IN MIDDLE OF TURN FROM 330 DEGS TO 260 DEGS, CTLR SAID, 'THERE IS SOME CONFUSION. TURN TO 010 DEGS TO FLY OUT THE CTL 347 RADIAL.' FACTORS: COMMERCIAL CHART UPDATES WERE ISSUED WITH CHANGE AFTER CREW HAD DEPARTED HOME BASE ON A 4 DAY TRIP. FAA SHOULD HAVE 5 OR MORE DAYS LEAD TIME FOR AN EFFECTIVE CHANGE DATE SO THE ABOVE FACTOR WOULD NOT OCCUR. CLT SHOULD HAVE A NOTE ON THE ATIS WARNING OF THE SID CHANGE WITH SIMILAR SOUNDING DEP RADIALS.

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.