PA28 pilot departs pns IFR and turns to an incorrect heading resulting in a conflict with traffic fr...

Attributes
ACN	554790
Time
Date	200106
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pns.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl single value : 1700
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : p31.tracon
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer II/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude ground : maintenance
Route In Use	departure : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tracon : p31.tracon
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Route In Use	approach : instrument precision
Person 1
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Experience	controller military : 4 controller radar : 18
ASRS Report	554790
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : radar
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time none taken : detected after the fact
Miss Distance	horizontal : 16800 vertical : 300
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error

Narrative:

Cherokee was issued climb out instructions to the northwest. Readback was unintelligible to some degree but readback was to the northeast. Upon executing climb out, he proceeded south for 1 or 2 mi then southeast. Conflicting traffic from the northeast and south caused controller to take action but separation was lost between the cherokee and the traffic from the northeast. Then, again, the traffic from the northeast conflicted with the traffic from the south. Runway configns are crossing and procedures that are set up don't allow for separation to be insured.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA28 PLT DEPARTS PNS IFR AND TURNS TO AN INCORRECT HDG RESULTING IN A CONFLICT WITH TFC FROM THE NE.

Narrative: CHEROKEE WAS ISSUED CLBOUT INSTRUCTIONS TO THE NW. READBACK WAS UNINTELLIGIBLE TO SOME DEGREE BUT READBACK WAS TO THE NE. UPON EXECUTING CLBOUT, HE PROCEEDED S FOR 1 OR 2 MI THEN SE. CONFLICTING TFC FROM THE NE AND S CAUSED CTLR TO TAKE ACTION BUT SEPARATION WAS LOST BTWN THE CHEROKEE AND THE TFC FROM THE NE. THEN, AGAIN, THE TFC FROM THE NE CONFLICTED WITH THE TFC FROM THE S. RWY CONFIGNS ARE XING AND PROCS THAT ARE SET UP DON'T ALLOW FOR SEPARATION TO BE INSURED.

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.

PA28 pilot departs pns IFR and turns to an incorrect heading resulting in a conflict with traffic from the northeast.