GLF4 FLT CREW HAS HEADING AND TRACK DEV CONDUCTING A NOISE ABATEMENT SID FROM OAK.

Date: 2003-06 · Aircraft: Gulfstream IV / G350 / G450 · Phase: initial_climb

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Synopsis

GLF4 FLT CREW HAS HEADING AND TRACK DEV CONDUCTING A NOISE ABATEMENT SID FROM OAK.

Narrative

TAXIING OUT CLOSE TO THE RWY; THE GND CTLR GAVE US A NEW DEP TO THE 'SILENT 7.' TYPICALLY; I WOULD HAVE THE OTHER PLT READ THE DEP TO ME AND SET IT UP; BUT I WAS FLYING WITH A NEW COPLT AND HE SEEMED CONFUSED BY IT. I CONTINUED TO TAXI AND DID NOT GET ANY CLARITY FROM HIM. I TOLD HIM TO SET IT UP GREEN ON HIS SIDE-VOR FREQ; ETC; AND I WOULD FLY IT BLUE ON MY SIDE. AT THE END OF THE RWY; I FINALLY LOOKED IT OVER. IT CALLED FOR A HEADING TO CROSS A RADIAL WHICH WOULD INDICATE THE START OF THE TURN. I TOLD HIM I WOULD SIMPLY FLY THE FMS AND HE WOULD BACK ME UP. I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN HE WAS STILL CONFUSED. HE HAD BEEN HAVING DIFFICULTY ASSISTING ME ALL DAY AND THIS WAS THE FIRST DAY WE HAD FLOWN TOGETHER. WE TOOK OFF AND SOMEHOW; THE AUTOPLT GETS SELECTED TO HEADING RATHER THAN FMS. WHEN WE FLEW THROUGH THE LEAD-IN RADIAL; HE SAID NOTHING AND BY THE TIME MY FMS NEEDLE MOVED; WE WENT THROUGH THE RADIAL. THE CTLR CALLED US ON IT AS WE WERE IN THE TURN. EACH PLT SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY CLR ON THE NAV PLAN; BOTH THE SID AND FMS AND AUTOPLT SET UP.

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