ACR MLG DEVIATION FROM CLRNC ROUTE AND REPORTED ALT DEVIATION RESULTS IN LESS THAN STANDARD SEPARATION IN VMC BETWEEN ACR ACFT ARR AND DEP PHX.

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PHX TO SLC CLRED TO SLC VIA THE DRAKE ONE DEP TRANSITION; AS FILED. CLB AND MAINTAIN 16000; EXPECT FL350 10 MIN AFTER DEP. AFTER TKOF ON RWY 8L AT PHX; WE CLBED OUT DIRECT TO RSZ NDB. AT STATION PASSAGE; WE MAINTAINED HDG AS SHOWN ON THE DEPICTION SO AS TO INTERCEPT THE SALT RIVER 'SRP' 030 RADIAL. AS THE COURSE BAR ENTERED; WE CHKED THE DME AND NOTED IT INTERMITTENT AND UNRELIABLE. LOOKING AT THE DEPICTION; WE CONCLUDED THAT MAINTAINING HDG AFTER RSZ STATION PASSAGE WOULD INTERCEPT THE 030 SRP RADIAL AT THE TURN POINT. F/O CALLED OUT TO THE CAPT; 'I'M ESTABLISHED ON SRP 030 RADIAL; TURNING LEFT TO A HDG OF 300 TO INTERCEPT THE SRP 330 RADIAL.' THE CAPT CONCURRED WITH THE CALL AND WE BEGAN A CLBING LEFT TURN AT APPROX 20 ANGLE OF BANK TOWARD THE 300 HDG. AS THE ACFT PASSED THROUGH 325 HDG; WE HEARD A CALL FROM DEP TO TURN AND INTERCEPT THE SRP 330 OR 030. THE CORRECT RADIAL WAS NOT CLR; SO F/O STOPPED THE TURN AT 325 HDG AND ASKED THE CAPT WHAT HE HAD UNDERSTOOD. BEFORE HE COULD ANSWER; WE WERE CLRED TO MAINTAIN 8000'. THE CAPT ROGERED THE CLRNC TO 8000'. THEN ACR Y MLG INQUIRED ABOUT THE TFC AHEAD WHICH WAS OUR FLT. CAPT HAD ACR Y IN SIGHT AND SAID TO THE F/O; 'YOU'RE ALRIGHT. MAINTAIN 8000' AND PRESENT HDG.' AT THIS POINT; THERE WAS A DISCUSSION BTWN ACR Y AND DEP. ACR Y INQUIRING ABOUT THE TFC AHEAD AND DEP STATING 'THAT WAS THE TFC YOU WERE TO MAINTAIN 9000' FOR.' ACR Y DISAGREED AND SAID HE HAD BEEN CLRED TO 6000'. ACR Y THEN PASSED OVERHEAD AND BEHIND OUR ACFT BY APPROX 1000'. A FEW MOMENTS LATER; DEP ASKED FOR OUR PRESENT HDG WHICH WAS 325; CLRED US TO A HIGHER ALT AND TO INTERCEPT THE SRP 330 RADIAL AND CONTINUE THE DRAKE 1 DEP. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. A POOR GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF THE 030 RADIAL INTERCEPT POINT ON THE SID PLATE. GRAPHICALLY; THE INTERCEPT OCCURS AT OR NEAR THE 8 MI DME FIX. LOSS OF DME DURING INTERCEPT OF THE 030 R OF SRP. THIS COUPLED WITH THE GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION LED US TO BELIEVE WE WERE AT THE TURN POINT (8 DME) AND THUS; DID SO. CORRECTIVE ACTION. REDRAW SID DRK; TO SHOW INTERCEPT OF THE 030R SRP SIGNIFICANTLY PRIOR TO THE 8 MI FIX; RATHER THAN THE ARC THAT IS NOW SHOWN. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 94505. APPROX 20 MI N OF SRP LEVEL AT 12000'; APCH ISSUED TURN TO 210 DEG HDG; DSND TO 6000'. VIS GOOD TO THE E; VERY HAZY LOOKING W DUE TO LOW SUN ANGLE. 8 TO 10 MI NE OF PHX ARPT; I SAW TFC 10 O'CLOCK LOW ABOUT 1 MI. WE REALIZED TFC WAS A DEP OFF RWY 08 AT PHX IN A CLB TOWARD US. WE STOPPED DSCNT AT 8800'. I PHONE APCH CTL AREA CHIEF AFTER LNDG. AT THAT POINT; HE FELT THE DEPARTING ACFT HAD NOT FOLLOWED PRESCRIBED DEP INSTRUCTIONS.