Departing zrh the PF misread departure notes and initiated a turn 500 ft too early.

Attributes
ACN	346196
Time
Date	199609
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zrh
State Reference	FO
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : zrh
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	346196
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Publication	Unspecified

Narrative:

Departing zrh, PF misread departure notes and initiated turn 500 ft too early. Zrh notes could be more specific as to which runway the notes apply to in the text of the notes.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DEPARTING ZRH THE PF MISREAD DEP NOTES AND INITIATED A TURN 500 FT TOO EARLY.

Narrative: DEPARTING ZRH, PF MISREAD DEP NOTES AND INITIATED TURN 500 FT TOO EARLY. ZRH NOTES COULD BE MORE SPECIFIC AS TO WHICH RWY THE NOTES APPLY TO IN THE TEXT OF THE NOTES.

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.