Flight crew flies the wrong departure which results in turning the wrong way after takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	314580
Time
Date	199508
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bom
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : bom tower : fll
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Route In Use	departure other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	314580
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

ATC clearance misunderstood. Read back wrong departure from bombay. Performed wrong departure without incident, but departure control questioned why we turned right instead of left, toward the airway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC FLIES THE WRONG DEP WHICH RESULTS IN TURNING THE WRONG WAY AFTER TKOF.

Narrative: ATC CLRNC MISUNDERSTOOD. READ BACK WRONG DEP FROM BOMBAY. PERFORMED WRONG DEP WITHOUT INCIDENT, BUT DEP CTL QUESTIONED WHY WE TURNED R INSTEAD OF L, TOWARD THE AIRWAY.

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.