Heading track route deviation on SID.

Attributes
ACN	182065
Time
Date	199106
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : anc
State Reference	AK
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : anc tower : anc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
ASRS Report	182065
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : became reoriented other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Airlines flight departing anc made turn out in wrong direction. Cleared knik 3 departure but instead executed anc 9 departure. Problem discovered on departure control. Aircraft placed on radar vector for climb. No evasive action required. No air traffic conflict. Contributing factors: 1) previous connecting flight with same crew arrived late in anc due to gate hold at sea. This delay in conjunction with aircraft change in anc cut short normal turnaround time. 2) departure clearance received by captain and first officer while I, as second officer on large transport, was copying load data and preparing takeoff data card. Confusion caused by tower several times clearing our takeoff on 32 where winds would have been nearly out of limits for tailwinds. Our aircraft had to insist on runway 6 departure. Knik 3 departure for runway 6 is very unusual. Normal departure is anc 9. Conclusion: shortened turnaround time, my being unable to monitor departure clearance and the very unusual clearance on a knik 3 SID from runway 6 all contributed to incorrect turn out. If I had heard the departure clearance I could have queried the crew on the proper SID.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HEADING TRACK ROUTE DEVIATION ON SID.

Narrative: AIRLINES FLT DEPARTING ANC MADE TURN OUT IN WRONG DIRECTION. CLRED KNIK 3 DEP BUT INSTEAD EXECUTED ANC 9 DEP. PROB DISCOVERED ON DEP CTL. ACFT PLACED ON RADAR VECTOR FOR CLB. NO EVASIVE ACTION REQUIRED. NO AIR TFC CONFLICT. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1) PREVIOUS CONNECTING FLT WITH SAME CREW ARRIVED LATE IN ANC DUE TO GATE HOLD AT SEA. THIS DELAY IN CONJUNCTION WITH ACFT CHANGE IN ANC CUT SHORT NORMAL TURNAROUND TIME. 2) DEP CLRNC RECEIVED BY CAPT AND F/O WHILE I, AS S/O ON LGT, WAS COPYING LOAD DATA AND PREPARING TKOF DATA CARD. CONFUSION CAUSED BY TWR SEVERAL TIMES CLRING OUR TKOF ON 32 WHERE WINDS WOULD HAVE BEEN NEARLY OUT OF LIMITS FOR TAILWINDS. OUR ACFT HAD TO INSIST ON RWY 6 DEP. KNIK 3 DEP FOR RWY 6 IS VERY UNUSUAL. NORMAL DEP IS ANC 9. CONCLUSION: SHORTENED TURNAROUND TIME, MY BEING UNABLE TO MONITOR DEP CLRNC AND THE VERY UNUSUAL CLRNC ON A KNIK 3 SID FROM RWY 6 ALL CONTRIBUTED TO INCORRECT TURN OUT. IF I HAD HEARD THE DEP CLRNC I COULD HAVE QUERIED THE CREW ON THE PROPER SID.

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.