A B200 flight crew suffered a track deviation on the SID from hef due largely to a failure to review...

Attributes
ACN	875078
Time
Date	201002
Place
Locale Reference	HEF.Airport
State Reference	VA
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Super King Air 200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Electronic Flt Bag (EFB)
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 8600 Flight Crew Type 990
Events
Anomaly	Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

Turned to wrong heading after takeoff and was confused with SID maybe entering a restricted airspace. Controller let us know we needed to make a turn the other direction which we complied with. This airplane has electronic charts; normally I use paper and was not able to see the full page. PIC only pulled up the text description at the bottom of the chart. I put in the correct radial for the departure but in my mind was planning a turn in the wrong direction. These charts are okay but they don't display the whole chart if you enlarge the printing to a readable size. To prevent this from happening again I will do my best to find paper plates or review the expected departures before entering the airplane.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B200 flight crew suffered a track deviation on the SID from HEF due largely to a failure to review the entire document as a result of limitation of their Electronic Flight Bag display.

Narrative: Turned to wrong heading after takeoff and was confused with SID maybe entering a restricted airspace. Controller let us know we needed to make a turn the other direction which we complied with. This airplane has electronic charts; normally I use paper and was not able to see the full page. PIC only pulled up the text description at the bottom of the chart. I put in the correct radial for the departure but in my mind was planning a turn in the wrong direction. These charts are okay but they don't display the whole chart if you enlarge the printing to a readable size. To prevent this from happening again I will do my best to find paper plates or review the expected departures before entering the airplane.

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.

A B200 flight crew suffered a track deviation on the SID from hef due largely to a failure to review the entire document as a result of limitation of their electronic flight bag display.