While distracted by a false warning, flight crew turned the wrong way to their assigned heading.

Attributes
ACN	256802
Time
Date	199311
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dca
State Reference	DC
Altitude	msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 5000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : dca
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 10
ASRS Report	256802
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

This was my first flight after training on the medium large transport. It was a ferry flight after the airplane had just been released by maintenance. The FMC's were in independent operation and would not talk to each other. On liftoff, the EFIS dropped the departure course (dca 185 degrees). While we were raising the gear and setting up the cockpit for manual navigation (VOR) we received a full blown wind shear alert (which we later determined to be a nuisance alert). While the wind shear alert was going off, departure control reclred us from 3000 ft to 5000 ft and turn to 050 degrees to intercept the 097 degree (?) radial off aml. We were in a right turn to intercept the VOR course we had just tuned and just continued around. The departure controller called us leveling 5000 ft and said that he had wanted a l-hand turn. Contributing factors: FMC data dump, wind shear nuisance alert, multiple clearance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WHILE DISTRACTED BY A FALSE WARNING, FLC TURNED THE WRONG WAY TO THEIR ASSIGNED HDG.

Narrative: THIS WAS MY FIRST FLT AFTER TRAINING ON THE MLG. IT WAS A FERRY FLT AFTER THE AIRPLANE HAD JUST BEEN RELEASED BY MAINT. THE FMC'S WERE IN INDEPENDENT OP AND WOULD NOT TALK TO EACH OTHER. ON LIFTOFF, THE EFIS DROPPED THE DEP COURSE (DCA 185 DEGS). WHILE WE WERE RAISING THE GEAR AND SETTING UP THE COCKPIT FOR MANUAL NAV (VOR) WE RECEIVED A FULL BLOWN WIND SHEAR ALERT (WHICH WE LATER DETERMINED TO BE A NUISANCE ALERT). WHILE THE WIND SHEAR ALERT WAS GOING OFF, DEP CTL RECLRED US FROM 3000 FT TO 5000 FT AND TURN TO 050 DEGS TO INTERCEPT THE 097 DEG (?) RADIAL OFF AML. WE WERE IN A R TURN TO INTERCEPT THE VOR COURSE WE HAD JUST TUNED AND JUST CONTINUED AROUND. THE DEP CTLR CALLED US LEVELING 5000 FT AND SAID THAT HE HAD WANTED A L-HAND TURN. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: FMC DATA DUMP, WIND SHEAR NUISANCE ALERT, MULTIPLE CLRNC.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.