B747 crew had track deviation departing eham.

Attributes
ACN	484710
Time
Date	200009
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : eham.airport
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl single value : 800
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : eham.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B747-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Route In Use	departure sid : pampus special depertore
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	484710
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance controller : issued alert
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Airport
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : eham.tracon

Narrative:

Given clearance for pampus special departure runway 1L. Passing through 700 ft MSL, given turn to 045 degrees by tower. This turn approximates pampus departure. No other communication between tower and aircraft till frequency change. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: flight crew was issued the pampus 'special' departure which is valid from xyoo to AB00 local time. The flight was delayed past AB00 and ATC did not change the departure to pampus departure. The tower controller issued a vector which approximated the pampus departure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B747 CREW HAD TRACK DEV DEPARTING EHAM.

Narrative: GIVEN CLRNC FOR PAMPUS SPECIAL DEP RWY 1L. PASSING THROUGH 700 FT MSL, GIVEN TURN TO 045 DEGS BY TWR. THIS TURN APPROXIMATES PAMPUS DEP. NO OTHER COM BTWN TWR AND ACFT TILL FREQ CHANGE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: FLC WAS ISSUED THE PAMPUS 'SPECIAL' DEP WHICH IS VALID FROM XYOO TO AB00 LCL TIME. THE FLT WAS DELAYED PAST AB00 AND ATC DID NOT CHANGE THE DEP TO PAMPUS DEP. THE TWR CTLR ISSUED A VECTOR WHICH APPROXIMATED THE PAMPUS DEP.

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.