B767 crew had major track deviation on the nordlingen 5 lima SID at eddf.

Attributes
ACN	501030
Time
Date	200102
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : eddf.airport
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl single value : 2500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : eddf.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : vacating altitude climbout : initial
Route In Use	departure sid : nordlingen5lima
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 130 flight time total : 6450 flight time type : 180
ASRS Report	501030
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : radar other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued alert controller : issued new clearance none taken : detected after the fact other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We were cleared the ndg runway 5L departure, but screwed it up. Departure called us and asked what departure we were flying. My head went to the departure page, but there's so much data on that commercial SID page that it took several moments to decipher which departure we were flying, and to get back to departure radio. By this time the PF, following confusing information on the FMS, started a left turn on what he thought was the correct departure course, but it actually took us off course. Departure control gave us the correct heading, which by now we had set manually (in the VOR) and realized how far off we were on our heading (about 60 degrees). A contributing factor was the very busy departure plate. You can't just glance and understand it. Since this trip, I took to color coding each departure with a color highlighter.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767 CREW HAD MAJOR TRACK DEV ON THE NORDLINGEN 5 LIMA SID AT EDDF.

Narrative: WE WERE CLRED THE NDG RWY 5L DEP, BUT SCREWED IT UP. DEP CALLED US AND ASKED WHAT DEP WE WERE FLYING. MY HEAD WENT TO THE DEP PAGE, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH DATA ON THAT COMMERCIAL SID PAGE THAT IT TOOK SEVERAL MOMENTS TO DECIPHER WHICH DEP WE WERE FLYING, AND TO GET BACK TO DEP RADIO. BY THIS TIME THE PF, FOLLOWING CONFUSING INFO ON THE FMS, STARTED A L TURN ON WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE CORRECT DEP COURSE, BUT IT ACTUALLY TOOK US OFF COURSE. DEP CTL GAVE US THE CORRECT HDG, WHICH BY NOW WE HAD SET MANUALLY (IN THE VOR) AND REALIZED HOW FAR OFF WE WERE ON OUR HDG (ABOUT 60 DEGS). A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE VERY BUSY DEP PLATE. YOU CAN'T JUST GLANCE AND UNDERSTAND IT. SINCE THIS TRIP, I TOOK TO COLOR CODING EACH DEP WITH A COLOR HIGHLIGHTER.

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.