Reporter did not fly the departure intended by controller.

Attributes
ACN	294060
Time
Date	199501
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : tipp
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 4100 msl bound upper : 4100
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : tipp tower : mia
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 1900
ASRS Report	294060
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
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
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified
Publication	Unspecified

Narrative:

Received ATC clearance with a request to track 020 degree radial off of position to 12000 ft MSL. Then on flight planned course. Departure procedure on airport page calls for turn to north out of 4100 ft MSL. Executed turn and tower says we must request turn to north. They expected us to turn right, the long way around, to intercept the 20 degree radial. Takeoff was east (102 degrees). This also conflicts with published IFR departure procedures. Non radar environment. Need to change IFR departure procedures or issue specific departure clrncs for takeoff. Contributing to this problem was language. Although english is the official language of trinidad, local dialect makes it difficult to understand controllers.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTR DID NOT FLY THE DEP INTENDED BY CTLR.

Narrative: RECEIVED ATC CLRNC WITH A REQUEST TO TRACK 020 DEG RADIAL OFF OF POS TO 12000 FT MSL. THEN ON FLT PLANNED COURSE. DEP PROC ON ARPT PAGE CALLS FOR TURN TO N OUT OF 4100 FT MSL. EXECUTED TURN AND TWR SAYS WE MUST REQUEST TURN TO N. THEY EXPECTED US TO TURN R, THE LONG WAY AROUND, TO INTERCEPT THE 20 DEG RADIAL. TKOF WAS E (102 DEGS). THIS ALSO CONFLICTS WITH PUBLISHED IFR DEP PROCS. NON RADAR ENVIRONMENT. NEED TO CHANGE IFR DEP PROCS OR ISSUE SPECIFIC DEP CLRNCS FOR TKOF. CONTRIBUTING TO THIS PROB WAS LANGUAGE. ALTHOUGH ENGLISH IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF TRINIDAD, LCL DIALECT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND CTLRS.

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.