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AT72 crew was chastised for not turning to a heading which was never assigned by the ATCT local controller on departure at hou.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 487660 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200010 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hou.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 1500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | ATR 72 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff climbout : initial |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 5100 flight time type : 3600 |
| ASRS Report | 487660 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued alert controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Inter Facility Coordination Failure |
Narrative:
Hou tower cleared us into position and hold. In the process of doing a before takeoff checklist ATC interrupted and cleared us for an immediate takeoff. No heading was heard. We contacted departure and told them the heading and ATC requested we immediately turn to 330 degree heading. Departure mentioned we should have been given a heading after departure. We mentioned no heading was given to us by tower. I mentioned it shouldn't be a problem. We turned immediately to 330 degree heading. Contributing factors: 1) interruption of checklist, 2) expediting a departure due to arrival traffic.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AT72 CREW WAS CHASTISED FOR NOT TURNING TO A HEADING WHICH WAS NEVER ASSIGNED BY THE ATCT LCL CTLR ON DEP AT HOU.
Narrative: HOU TWR CLRED US INTO POS AND HOLD. IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST ATC INTERRUPTED AND CLRED US FOR AN IMMEDIATE TKOF. NO HEADING WAS HEARD. WE CONTACTED DEP AND TOLD THEM THE HEADING AND ATC REQUESTED WE IMMEDIATELY TURN TO 330 DEG HDG. DEP MENTIONED WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN A HEADING AFTER DEP. WE MENTIONED NO HEADING WAS GIVEN TO US BY TWR. I MENTIONED IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROB. WE TURNED IMMEDIATELY TO 330 DEG HDG. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1) INTERRUPTION OF CHKLIST, 2) EXPEDITING A DEP DUE TO ARR TFC.
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.