Medium Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40; Flight Crew Total 31000; Flight Crew Type 10
Distraction; Human-Machine Interface; Situational Awareness
Conflict Airborne Conflict; Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Returned To Clearance
Human Factors
On departure; leveled off at 1;700 feet as required by the SID till 2.2 DME then continued climb to 4;000. Started turn; GPWS (Ground Proximity Warning System) gave a terrain warning; followed by a traffic alert triggered by a helicopter in front of us down low. Second guessed our initial heading of 113 and quickly consulted chart saw a turn to 313 depicted and started the turn. ATC controller saw us turning and issued an immediate turn back to 110. Then further right to 360 to join the departure. No conflict noted by TCAS or Controller just turning when he did not expect us to. After climb out to flight levels debriefed the occurrence and discovered the heading of 313 depicted on chart was for in case of loss of radio.
On departure; level off at 1;700 feet as required by SID till 2.2 DME then continued climb to 4;000 feet. Started turn; GPWS TERRAIN WARNING; followed by TCAS from helicopter in front of us down low. Flying pilot looked down at chart and turned to lost comm heading.Controller issued turn to correct mistake.
Medium Transport aircraft flight crew reported turning to an incorrect heading on departure from VNY airport resulting in an airborne conflict with a Helicopter.