BD700 first officer describes a visual departure from runway 15 at ase with a right turn out that do...

Narrative:

Fatigue/bad decisions: we left south america for aspen with a customs/fuel stop in texas; on arrival at aspen our block time was 13:00 hours and our duty time was 16:00 hours. Aspen's weather was a concern as taf showed possibilities of low ceilings and visibility and snow. We were due back in texas for maintenance the same day. On arrival ATIS west was 170/25g36 10 miles 80 broken 6/-4 29.74. ATIS west remained for our departure; winds were stable from the south; not shifting as usual for aspen which made a northwest departure not possible. I proceeded to agree to the signed waiver to be able to depart to the southeast as reported ceiling was 8;000 broken and we could see the tops of the mountains around aspen. I decided to take off runway 15 and climb visually straight ahead and turn to lindz as per clearance. This was second or third wrong decision as I should have made a climbing left turn to lindz due to lower terrain to the east. At about 300 ft above the mountains we entered a solid cloud layer; around 12;000 and came out on top at around 14;500. Being the MSA in the quadrant 15;700 and seeing yellow in the egpws about 4 miles ahead I became concerned those few seconds as to terrain clearance and unable to maintain VFR until established on the IFR departure track. In hindsight I should have delayed departure until wind shifted or better still delayed maintenance for a day or two.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BD700 First Officer describes a visual departure from Runway 15 at ASE with a right turn out that does not remain visual until above the terrain. The departure was a ferry flight and occurred after being on duty for over 16 hours.

Narrative: Fatigue/Bad decisions: We left South America for Aspen with a Customs/fuel stop in Texas; on arrival at Aspen our block time was 13:00 hours and our duty time was 16:00 hours. Aspen's weather was a concern as TAF showed possibilities of low ceilings and visibility and snow. We were due back in Texas for maintenance the same day. On arrival ATIS W was 170/25G36 10 miles 80 broken 6/-4 29.74. ATIS W remained for our departure; winds were stable from the south; not shifting as usual for Aspen which made a northwest departure not possible. I proceeded to agree to the signed waiver to be able to depart to the southeast as reported ceiling was 8;000 broken and we could see the tops of the mountains around Aspen. I decided to take off Runway 15 and climb visually straight ahead and turn to LINDZ as per clearance. This was second or third wrong decision as I should have made a climbing left turn to LINDZ due to lower terrain to the east. At about 300 FT above the mountains we entered a solid cloud layer; around 12;000 and came out on top at around 14;500. Being the MSA in the quadrant 15;700 and seeing yellow in the EGPWS about 4 miles ahead I became concerned those few seconds as to terrain clearance and unable to maintain VFR until established on the IFR departure track. In hindsight I should have delayed departure until wind shifted or better still delayed maintenance for a day or two.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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	991221
Time
Date	201201
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ASE.Airport
State Reference	CO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Global Express (BD700)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 3000 Flight Crew Type 1200
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Miss Distance	Horizontal 0 Vertical 1000

BD700 first officer describes a visual departure from runway 15 at ase with a right turn out that does not remain visual until above the terrain. The departure was a ferry flight and occurred after being on duty for over 16 hours.