MLG TURNS WRONG DIRECTION FOR SID TRANSITION.

Date: 1993-10 · Aircraft: Medium Large Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng · Phase: climb

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Synopsis

MLG TURNS WRONG DIRECTION FOR SID TRANSITION.

Narrative

SCHEDULED ACR OP ARRIVING INTO PHX. WE WERE GIVEN AN UNSCHEDULED ACFT CHANGE. DURING 20 MINS WE CHANGED ACFT WHICH WERE PARKED AT 2 DIFFERENT TERMINALS. ACFT PREFLT AND CLRNC RECEIVED. WE WERE PUSHING BACK FOR AN ON TIME DEP. CAPT AND I BOTH HEARD CLRNC AS ISSUED TO BURBANK; CA. DUE TO THE RUSH OF STAYING ON TIME I INADVERTENTLY HAD THE WRONG SID DISPLAYED ON MY CHART HOLDER. THE CAPT HAD NOT HAD TIME TO PULL ANY CHARTS. WE DISCUSSED THE BUCKEYE DEP DURING TAXI TO ACTIVE RWY 8R; PROB BEING WE WERE GIVEN THE DRAKE DEP. DIFFERENCE IN THE DEPS IS THAT ONE IS A TURN TO THE S; THE OTHER A TURN TO THE N. HAVING DISCUSSED THE WRONG DEP WE MADE A TURN TO THE S. IT WAS DURING THIS TURN THAT ATC ADVISED US TO MAKE A TURN TO THE L TO 360 DEGS. NOT YET REALIZING OUR MISTAKE WE WERE AGAIN GIVEN AN IMMEDIATE TURN TO THE N; WHICH WE COMPLIED WITH. TFC SEPARATION WAS NEVER LOST. IT WAS NOT UNTIL THIS TIME WE REALIZED THE MISTAKE. UPON ARR AT BURBANK; ATC WAS CALLED BY PHONE. AN INADVERTENT MISTAKE THINKING OF GOING TO THE LOS ANGELES BASIN MAKING A NORMAL TURN TO THE R OUT THE BUCKEYE DEP RTE; HOWEVER THIS WAS WRONG. WE WERE FORTUNATE THE CTLR WAS VERY ALERT AND KEPT THIS FROM BECOMING A WORSE SIT THAN IT ALREADY WAS. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING: BEING IN A HURRY; LETTING OTHERS RUSH YOU; NOT TAKING TIME TO DOUBLE-CHK IMPORTANT ITEMS SUCH AS CLRNC; BEING PHYSICALLY TIRED. THIS IS A FIRST AND HOPEFULLY THE LAST THAT A MISTAKE OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL HAPPEN. THIS WAS A WARNING TO ME TO NOT TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED -- DOUBLE-CHK YOUR OWN PROCS AND ACTIONS.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.