A flight crew reported departing on the teb ruudy two RNAV and were given vectors after failing to i...

Narrative:

Departed teb on the ruudy two SID. During climbout we were told to join the col 350 radial-col-white; per the departure. Pilot not flying had already set up the FMS and the #1 VOR on the ground in anticipation of that clearance. Clearance was received (heading to intercept) and as the FMS was being set the pilot not flying noted that the course line was short and tried to make it longer. While that was happening I selected col and manually entered it in the #1 VOR (even though the pilot not flying had already done it) and set the 170 course to col in the standby HSI and I flew the heading to intercept. It appeared that we were not going to intercept on that heading; which did not seem right. In the meantime; the pilot not flying was having trouble getting the FMS to take the course correctly. After a few minutes it was apparent that something wasn't right and we were going east of the intended course. About that time ATC called and said we were 7 miles east of the course and gave us a heading followed by direct white intersection. Enroute to white we checked the FMS and noted that the #1 VOR was tuned to teb VOR. I had previously selected col (I had to select the USA station so I am sure the correct col was tuned); so I have no idea how the teb frequency showed up. ATC had no further comment and no issues with other traffic were noted as well. Suggestion: add a note to the RNAV procedure page expecting the col 350 intercept.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Flight Crew reported departing on the TEB RUUDY TWO RNAV and were given vectors after failing to intercept the COL 350 Radial because the radios were not set correctly.

Narrative: Departed TEB on the RUUDY TWO SID. During climbout we were told to join the COL 350 radial-COL-WHITE; per the departure. Pilot Not Flying had already set up the FMS and the #1 VOR on the ground in anticipation of that clearance. Clearance was received (heading to intercept) and as the FMS was being set the Pilot Not Flying noted that the course line was short and tried to make it longer. While that was happening I selected COL and manually entered it in the #1 VOR (even though the Pilot Not Flying had already done it) and set the 170 course to COL in the standby HSI and I flew the heading to intercept. It appeared that we were not going to intercept on that heading; which did not seem right. In the meantime; the Pilot Not Flying was having trouble getting the FMS to take the course correctly. After a few minutes it was apparent that something wasn't right and we were going east of the intended course. About that time ATC called and said we were 7 miles east of the course and gave us a heading followed by direct WHITE intersection. Enroute to WHITE we checked the FMS and noted that the #1 VOR was tuned to TEB VOR. I had previously selected COL (I had to select the USA station so I am sure the correct COL was tuned); so I have no idea how the TEB frequency showed up. ATC had no further comment and no issues with other traffic were noted as well. Suggestion: Add a note to the RNAV procedure page expecting the COL 350 intercept.

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.

Attributes
ACN	916921
Time
Date	201010
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	TEB.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turboprop Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	SID RUUDY TWO
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	FMS/FMC
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

A flight crew reported departing on the teb ruudy two RNAV and were given vectors after failing to intercept the col 350 radial because the radios were not set correctly.