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An MD80 captain lost situational awareness during departure and called for flap retraction early; preventing aircraft from remaining within the RNAV corridor during a turn on the departure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 842822 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200907 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Route In Use | SID ABCDE2 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
On departure upon initial check-in; ATC advised to expect a radial for departure due to weather. The captain was flying and began cleaning up as he would a vector departure; ie: accelerating to 250 KTS. He did not announce his intentions and by the time he got to the first turn he realized his mistake and still without saying anything he began to turn too fast to stay within the confines of the corridor. He then pulled the heading marker and the plane rolled out to 15 degrees of bank and we went further outside of corridor. He was actively flying the airplane and made several different moves on the flight guidance panel which indicated to me that he was confused about which type of departure he was doing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An MD80 Captain lost situational awareness during departure and called for flap retraction early; preventing aircraft from remaining within the RNAV corridor during a turn on the departure.
Narrative: On departure upon initial check-in; ATC advised to expect a radial for departure due to weather. The Captain was flying and began cleaning up as he would a vector departure; ie: accelerating to 250 KTS. He did not announce his intentions and by the time he got to the first turn he realized his mistake and still without saying anything he began to turn too fast to stay within the confines of the corridor. He then pulled the heading marker and the plane rolled out to 15 degrees of bank and we went further outside of corridor. He was actively flying the airplane and made several different moves on the flight guidance panel which indicated to me that he was confused about which type of departure he was doing.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.