Dca air carrier departure described ATC wild maneuver turn instruction; resulting in flap overspeed;...

Attributes
ACN	786643
Time
Date	200805
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dca.airport
State Reference	DC
Altitude	msl single value : 1000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dca.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	786643
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe other anomaly
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance

Narrative:

Just after liftoff (400 ft) on runway 1 at dca; tower told us to turn right to 090 degrees and maintain 1000 ft. We were immediately overloaded because not only was P56 right in front of us but also we were turning into company traffic that had just been sent around from runway 1. As I tried to level at 1000 ft; the power was still at flex. I pulled the power back and called for flaps 1 degree while still trying to find the traffic the tower had just turned us into. The aircraft accelerated too quickly to catch the retraction to flaps up and we went to 220 KTS for a brief moment before they were retracted. This was a wild maneuver that placed us both in the 'red.' after arrival; I spoke with the dca tower chief and asked him why they turned us so violently. He explained that controller training was in progress and that things had gotten out of hand. He said they were afraid we were going to turn into the traffic on the go. Why they turned us hard into the traffic instead of just letting us fly the code departure is a mystery to us. Flight crew suggestions/narrative: dca tower was trying to do too much and got overloaded. The result was issuing us drastic instructions that immediately overloaded us in a critical phase of flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DCA ACR DEP DESCRIBED ATC WILD MANEUVER TURN INSTRUCTION; RESULTING IN FLAP OVERSPEED; ATC TRAINING CITED AS CAUSAL FACTOR IN THIS EVENT.

Narrative: JUST AFTER LIFTOFF (400 FT) ON RWY 1 AT DCA; TWR TOLD US TO TURN R TO 090 DEGS AND MAINTAIN 1000 FT. WE WERE IMMEDIATELY OVERLOADED BECAUSE NOT ONLY WAS P56 RIGHT IN FRONT OF US BUT ALSO WE WERE TURNING INTO COMPANY TFC THAT HAD JUST BEEN SENT AROUND FROM RWY 1. AS I TRIED TO LEVEL AT 1000 FT; THE PWR WAS STILL AT FLEX. I PULLED THE PWR BACK AND CALLED FOR FLAPS 1 DEG WHILE STILL TRYING TO FIND THE TFC THE TWR HAD JUST TURNED US INTO. THE ACFT ACCELERATED TOO QUICKLY TO CATCH THE RETRACTION TO FLAPS UP AND WE WENT TO 220 KTS FOR A BRIEF MOMENT BEFORE THEY WERE RETRACTED. THIS WAS A WILD MANEUVER THAT PLACED US BOTH IN THE 'RED.' AFTER ARR; I SPOKE WITH THE DCA TWR CHIEF AND ASKED HIM WHY THEY TURNED US SO VIOLENTLY. HE EXPLAINED THAT CTLR TRAINING WAS IN PROGRESS AND THAT THINGS HAD GOTTEN OUT OF HAND. HE SAID THEY WERE AFRAID WE WERE GOING TO TURN INTO THE TFC ON THE GO. WHY THEY TURNED US HARD INTO THE TFC INSTEAD OF JUST LETTING US FLY THE CODE DEP IS A MYSTERY TO US. FLT CREW SUGGESTIONS/NARRATIVE: DCA TWR WAS TRYING TO DO TOO MUCH AND GOT OVERLOADED. THE RESULT WAS ISSUING US DRASTIC INSTRUCTIONS THAT IMMEDIATELY OVERLOADED US IN A CRITICAL PHASE OF FLT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.

Dca air carrier departure described ATC wild maneuver turn instruction; resulting in flap overspeed; ATC training cited as causal factor in this event.