MLG DID NOT FOLLOW PUBLISHED SID.

1988-04 · NASA ASRS report 85069

Date: 1988-04 · Aircraft: Medium Large Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng · Phase: climb

Anomalies: deviation-track-heading-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy

Synopsis

MLG DID NOT FOLLOW PUBLISHED SID.

Narrative

THE FLT FROM JFK TO BWI WAS CLRED AS FILED WITH A KENNEDY 1 DEP AND A BREEZY POINT CLB. THE FLT WAS FILED DIRECT RBV; RBV 274; MXE 056; MXE V378; BAL DIRECT BWI. UPON DEP WE STARTED OUR LEFT TURN TO INTERCEPT THE CANARSIE 233 DEG R S OF CANARSIE AS DESCRIBED IN THE DEP CHART. DEP CTL THEN ADVISED US TO GO DIRECT CANARSIE; WHICH WE DID. SINCE HE CHANGED THE DEP CLRNC ON US BY TELLING US TO GO DIRECT CANARSIE; THERE IS NOTHING ON THE DEP PLATE THAT INDICATES ANY PARTICULAR R TO BE FLOWN OUT OF CANARSIE FOR THE BREEZY POINT CLB; SO WE TURNED DIRECT RBV AS OUR CLRNC STATED. WE WERE QUESTIONED BY THE CTLR ABOUT OUR HDG AND THEN ISSUED A NEW HDG AND GIVEN A FREQ CHANGE. THE SAFETY PROBS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IS THE BREEZY POINT CLB NEEDS TO BE DEFINED MORE CLEARLY SO THAT THE RADIALS OF CANARSIE ARE LABELED ON THE CHART AND A FIX THAT THE R WILL BE FLOWN TO IS GIVEN IN CASE OF RADIO FAILURE. AS IT IS NOW; IT WOULD BE A TRACK OFF CANARSIE INTO INFINITY; WHICH IS NOT IN MY OPINION A LEGAL CLRNC. IF YOU LOST RADIO COMS IN THIS INSTANCE YOU WOULD HAVE NO FIX TO FLY TO BEFORE BEGINNING A TURN ON COURSE. I HOPE THAT YOU CAN POINT THIS OUT AND GET IT CORRECTED. IF SO; PLEASE NOTIFY ME OF YOUR INTENTIONS. THANKS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: THE RPTR REALIZED THAT HE HAD MISREAD THE SID; BUT DID NOT REALIZE IT UNTIL HE WAS RESTED THE FOLLOWING DAY. HE STANDS BY HIS CLAIM THAT THE SID NARRATIVE IS TOO DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND. HE FEELS THAT IT COULD BE BETTER WRITTEN SO THAT THE TIRED PLT WITH LITTLE TIME TO PREPARE FOR TKOF WOULD HAVE NO TROUBLE KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT IS EXPECTED OF HIM.

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

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