Air carrier turns wrong way to intercept during departure from major airport.

Attributes
ACN	447780
Time
Date	199908
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 15000 msl bound upper : 1600
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zma.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-3/Dakota/Skytrain
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Phase	descent : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure sid : fll8.fll
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zma.artcc
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	King Air C90 E90
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 15000
ASRS Report	447780
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Crew misunderstood ZMA instructions and turned right instead of left to intercept thndr transition on departure/climb out. Center again instructed us to turn left to join thndr transition and remain clear of king air traffic at 16000 ft. We followed ATC instructions and had king air on TCASII. Event was caused by not hearing ATC instructions. Corrective action was taken and increased attention was paid to ATC to avoid similar events.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR TURNS WRONG WAY TO INTERCEPT DURING DEP FROM MAJOR ARPT.

Narrative: CREW MISUNDERSTOOD ZMA INSTRUCTIONS AND TURNED R INSTEAD OF L TO INTERCEPT THNDR TRANSITION ON DEP/CLBOUT. CTR AGAIN INSTRUCTED US TO TURN L TO JOIN THNDR TRANSITION AND REMAIN CLR OF KING AIR TFC AT 16000 FT. WE FOLLOWED ATC INSTRUCTIONS AND HAD KING AIR ON TCASII. EVENT WAS CAUSED BY NOT HEARING ATC INSTRUCTIONS. CORRECTIVE ACTION WAS TAKEN AND INCREASED ATTN WAS PAID TO ATC TO AVOID SIMILAR EVENTS.

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.