Narrative:

Departure procedure too complicated with turns departing runway 23 at ege. Initial turn left with immediate turn right, so not to overfly gypsen, co, is very confusing. Need radar coverage to help pilots with departure procedures or printed graphics in government chart books shown in departure procedures. Our situation occurred when we departed ege on runway 23 and made our original left turn. Upon crossing a fix for our next turn, we turned left again for terrain clearance and were notified by ZDV upon check-in at 10000 ft that we should have turned right. Conditions were clear with excellent visibility. No other aircraft involved. Summary: departure procedure too complicated without departure plate, need in government chart book.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PVT RATED PLT FLYING A LIGHT JET FROM EGE FAILS TO FOLLOW THE PUBLISHED INST DEP PROC.

Narrative: DEP PROC TOO COMPLICATED WITH TURNS DEPARTING RWY 23 AT EGE. INITIAL TURN L WITH IMMEDIATE TURN R, SO NOT TO OVERFLY GYPSEN, CO, IS VERY CONFUSING. NEED RADAR COVERAGE TO HELP PLTS WITH DEP PROCS OR PRINTED GRAPHICS IN GOV CHART BOOKS SHOWN IN DEP PROCS. OUR SIT OCCURRED WHEN WE DEPARTED EGE ON RWY 23 AND MADE OUR ORIGINAL L TURN. UPON XING A FIX FOR OUR NEXT TURN, WE TURNED L AGAIN FOR TERRAIN CLRNC AND WERE NOTIFIED BY ZDV UPON CHK-IN AT 10000 FT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE TURNED R. CONDITIONS WERE CLR WITH EXCELLENT VISIBILITY. NO OTHER ACFT INVOLVED. SUMMARY: DEP PROC TOO COMPLICATED WITHOUT DEP PLATE, NEED IN GOV CHART BOOK.

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.