LEAR25 FLT CREW FAILED TO PROPERLY NAVIGATE THE SID AND THE CAPT DISCOVERED THAT THE NAV RADIOS WERE OFF.
Synopsis
LEAR25 FLT CREW FAILED TO PROPERLY NAVIGATE THE SID AND THE CAPT DISCOVERED THAT THE NAV RADIOS WERE OFF.
Narrative
FLYING WITH NEW FO; VERY LOW TIME; 1ST TRIP OUT OF TRAINING. BRIEFED THE SID; STARTED ENGS; AND CALLED FOR BEFORE TAXI CHKLIST. I THOUGHT HE HAD TURNED ON ALL THE RADIOS ON HIS SIDE OF THE COCKPIT PANEL AND DID NOT VERIFY SWITCH POS. NO LIGHTS TO INDICATE RADIO STATUS ON/OFF AND NO MARKINGS ON KNOB TO VISUALLY VERIFY -- THE ONLY WAY TO CHK IS TO PHYSICALLY ROTATE THE KNOB. THE NAV RADIOS HAD NOT BEEN TURNED ON; NOR HAD COM #2. PROPER RADIO WAS TUNED BUT; AFTER TKOF; NO NAV OR DME INFO WAS DISPLAYING. I WAS TRYING TO FLY AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG; AS THE FO DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND WASN'T HELPING. NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS WRONG BUT KNOWING THE VOR WAS CLOSE AND REQUIRED A TURN; I INITIATED THE TURN L PER THE SID. ATC SOON ASKED 'HOW ARE YOU NAVING?' I RESPONDED WE WERE FLYING THE SID AND HE REPLIED 'YOU'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE; TURN 30 DEGS R.' VERY SOON THEREAFTER; I FOUND THE PROB AND TURNED ALL NAV AND COM #2 RADIOS ON. WE WERE APPROX 1 NM E OF COURSE. NO TFC CONFLICTS AROSE; NO FURTHER EVENTS ON THE SID NAV.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.