A BELL 430 CREW DEPARTING TEB VFR WAS GIVEN A NOVEMBER HELI RTE; BUT FLEW AN ECHO RTE.

Date: 2005-09 · Aircraft: Bell Helicopter Textron Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: initial_climb

Anomalies: airspace-violation-all-types|deviation-track-heading-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance

Synopsis

A BELL 430 CREW DEPARTING TEB VFR WAS GIVEN A NOVEMBER HELI RTE; BUT FLEW AN ECHO RTE.

Narrative

WE STARTED THE ENGS OF THE HELI AND MY COPLT GOT THE ATIS AND CALLED CLRNC DELIVERY FOR A FLT. AFTER 3 ATTEMPTS TRYING TO CLARIFY OUR REQUEST; I THEN TALKED TO CLRNC DELIVERY; AND REQUESTED A NOVEMBER ROUTING (HELI RTE) WITH HDOF TO APCH CTL TO HELP AVOID THE VARIOUS TFR'S. WE WERE CLRED ONTO TXWY P BY GND CTL; AND TOLD TO SWITCH TO TWR. AS WE PULLED ONTO THE TXWY; WE SAW A JET ON THE TXWY FACING US IN THE VICINITY OF UNITED STATES CUSTOMS. WE CALLED TWR; AND THEY TOLD US TO FLY NBOUND; TO PICK UP THE NOVEMBER RTE AND CLRED US FOR TKOF. AFTER WE TOOK OFF ON TXWY P; MY FO SIDESTEPPED TO THE R TO AVOID THE JET ON THE TXWY; AND THE ACFT PARKED IN THE INFIELD ACROSS FROM ABC FBO. SHORTLY AFTER TKOF; I INSTRUCTED MY FO TO ACCELERATE TO AVOID THE DEP PATH OF ANOTHER JET ON TKOF ROLL FROM RWY 1. AFTER WE WERE CLR; I TOLD MY FO TO FLY TO INTERSTATE 80; AND TURN TO FOLLOW IT EBOUND WHICH IS FOLLOWING THE ECHO RTE. I WAS THEN INSTRUCTED BY TEB TWR TO CALL THEM WHEN I GOT ON THE GND. IN RETROSPECT; I REQUESTED THE NOVEMBER RTE; BUT I FLEW ECHO RTE; BELIEVING IT WAS THE NOVEMBER RTE.SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 672050: ALTHOUGH I HAD INDICATED UNFAMILIARITY WITH NOVEMBER RTE TO THE PIC PRIOR TO DEP; HE WAS CONFIDENT OF THE ROUTING HIMSELF. IN RETROSPECT; IT APPEARS HE HAD INADVERTENTLY CONFUSED NOVEMBER AND ECHO RTES. I FAILED TO CLARIFY AND VERIFY THE RTE PRIOR TO DEP; RELYING ON THE PIC TO NAV. IN THE FUTURE; I WILL REVIEW THE RTES AS PUBLISHED WITH THE PIC PRIOR TO DEP.

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