Flight crew of a dehavilland DH8 failed to turn to clearance heading at 500 ft after takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	433380
Time
Date	199904
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sba.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sba.tracon tower : sba.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Dash 8 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 1500
ASRS Report	433380
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 350
ASRS Report	433548
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued alert none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

First officer called for clearance and missed the first part. He read back what he got and asked ground to repeat the first part. Ground repeated 'radar vectors to fillmore, rest correct.' my first officer read the whole clearance back 'runway heading, to 4000 ft, radar vectors to fillmore....' after takeoff, departure control asked why we didn't turn to a 120 degree heading at 500 ft, and we stated that we were cleared runway heading till radar vectors fillmore.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A DEHAVILLAND DH8 FAILED TO TURN TO CLRNC HDG AT 500 FT AFTER TKOF.

Narrative: FO CALLED FOR CLRNC AND MISSED THE FIRST PART. HE READ BACK WHAT HE GOT AND ASKED GND TO REPEAT THE FIRST PART. GND REPEATED 'RADAR VECTORS TO FILLMORE, REST CORRECT.' MY FO READ THE WHOLE CLRNC BACK 'RWY HDG, TO 4000 FT, RADAR VECTORS TO FILLMORE....' AFTER TKOF, DEP CTL ASKED WHY WE DIDN'T TURN TO A 120 DEG HDG AT 500 FT, AND WE STATED THAT WE WERE CLRED RWY HDG TILL RADAR VECTORS FILLMORE.

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.