CORP JET FLT CREW GOT OFF CLEARED ROUTE DURING COMPLICATED DEP PROC.

Date: 1988-01 · Aircraft: Light Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng · Phase: climb

Anomalies: deviation-track-heading-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance

Synopsis

CORP JET FLT CREW GOT OFF CLEARED ROUTE DURING COMPLICATED DEP PROC.

Narrative

THIS SITUATION BEGAN WHEN WE WERE ISSUED THE FOLLOWING CLRNC FROM SCOTTSDALE GND CTL: ATC CLRS US TO HOU; AFTER DEP FLY A 260 DEG HDG TO INTERCEPT SALT RIVER 325 DEG RADIAL TO THE 36 DME FIX; THEN VECTORS TO TFD 133 DEG RADIAL TO INTERCEPT THE GBN 96 DEG RADIAL TO INTERCEPT THE CIE 278 DEG RADIAL DIR SSO AS FILED. MAINTAIN 5000'; EXPECT 16000' IN 3 MINS; 41000' IN 10 MINS; DEP ON 121.7 SQUAWK 0721. AFTER DEPARTING WE TURNED LEFT TO 260 DEGS; THEN CONTACTED PHX DEP WHO GAVE US VECTORS AND CLB CLRNC. THEN; LATER CLRD US DIR TFD. UPON REACHING TFD WE TURNED IN ERROR TO 93 DEGS OUTBND INSTEAD OF 133 DEGS. APPROX 1 MIN LATER CENTER ASKED US OUR HDG AND WANTED TO KNOW WHY WE WERE NOT ON THE STANDFIELD 1 HIGH DEP; TO WHICH WE REPLIED THAT WE DEPARTED FROM SDL; NOT PHX. AT THAT POINT WE REALIZED WE SHOULD BE ON THE 133 DEG RADIAL; NOT THE 93 DEG RADIAL OF TFD. AS SOON AS WE CORRECTED OUR COURSE ATC TOLD US TO GO DIR SSO AND CLB TO 41000'. TO OUR BEST ESTIMATE; WE AT NO TIME EXCEEDED 4 MI OFF COURSE. I BELIEVE THE CLRNC WE RECEIVED AT SDL WAS ENTIRELY TOO CONFUSING AND TAKES TOO MUCH TIME FOR THE FLT CREW TO FLY W/O THE USE OF AN SID PLATE. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT IF IT IS NECESSARY TO USE THIS PROC WHEN DEPARTING SDL; THAT ATC HAVE A PUBLISHED SID PROC. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FROM ACN 80813: I BELIEVE CLRNC FROM SDL VERY COMPLICATED AND UNCALLED FOR. THEY SHOULD HAVE A SID PUBLISHED. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMEBODY FLY THAT AFTER A TOTAL RADIO FAILURE IN IMC.

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