B737-700 captain reported deviating from ATC vectors on departure from ewr after being distracted by...

Attributes
ACN	1265372
Time
Date	201505
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	SID EWR1
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 234 Flight Crew Type 13000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter

Narrative:

We were cleared for takeoff behind a 767 and on the roll I felt some residual wake buffeting. It distracted me into preparing for a wake encounter airborne. This distraction took my attention away from following the SID vectors; heading 190 and then 220 out of 2.3 DME. I purposely started the first turn slowly behind the 767 and didn't initiate the proper procedure in due course.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-700 Captain reported deviating from ATC vectors on departure from EWR after being distracted by wake turbulence.

Narrative: We were cleared for takeoff behind a 767 and on the roll I felt some residual wake buffeting. It distracted me into preparing for a wake encounter airborne. This distraction took my attention away from following the SID vectors; heading 190 and then 220 out of 2.3 DME. I purposely started the first turn slowly behind the 767 and didn't initiate the proper procedure in due course.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

B737-700 captain reported deviating from ATC vectors on departure from ewr after being distracted by wake turbulence.