B350 PLT FLIES LOST COM DEP PROC FROM LMT VICE RWY HDG AS DIRECTED BY KINGSLEY SID.
Synopsis
B350 PLT FLIES LOST COM DEP PROC FROM LMT VICE RWY HDG AS DIRECTED BY KINGSLEY SID.
Narrative
WE WERE GIVEN THE KINGSLEY 3 DEP. ON THE GOVT DEP PLATE THE LOST COM PROC IS DEPICTED -- NOT THE NORMAL PROC. WHEN YOU READ THE PLATE; THE NORMAL PROC IS CLB RWY HDG. THE LOST COM PROC IS TURN BACK TOWARD THE ARPT. WE TOOK OFF AND I STARTED A TURN BACK TO THE ARPT WHEN ATC INFORMED ME TO STAY ON RWY HDG; WHICH I DID. THE CHART SHOULD FIRST AND FOREMOST DEPICT THE STANDARD/NORMAL DEP PROC. THEN IT SHOULD SOMEHOW DEPICT USING DIFFERENT LINES THE LOST COM PROC. MY FIRST FIX WAS KLAMATH FALLS VOR RIGHT AT THE ARPT. WITHOUT READING THE PROC AND JUST LOOKING AT WHAT IS DEPICTED; THE LOST COM PROC LOOKS NORMAL. SHOULD YOU READ THE WHOLE CHART ABSOLUTELY; BUT THE FIRST THING YOU LOOK AT IS THE BIG PICTURE WHICH IS THE DRAWING THEN YOUR MIND IS ALREADY IN THAT MINDSET THAT YOU TURN TOWARD THE ARPT SO THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO READ AND THINK IS NORMAL. WE NEVER MADE A COMPLETE 180 DEG TURN AND CORRECTED QUICKLY. WE WERE INFORMED WHAT WE DID HAPPENS OFTEN. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR ADVISED SHE HAD BEEN TRAINED UTILIZING COMMERCIAL IFR CHARTS AND HER PREVIOUS JOB WITH AN ACR USED THE COMMERCIAL VERSIONS EXCLUSIVELY. HER BRIEF EXPOSURE TO THE GOVT VERSIONS AT HER NEW EMPLOYER HAD FAILED TO ALERT HER TO THE DIFFERENCE IN PRESENTATION BTWN THE GOV PRODUCED CHARTS AND THE COMMERCIAL VARIETY.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.