Medium large transport aircraft was cleared for a heading vector after takeoff, but flight crew flew the SID until the departure controller intervened with the correct heading.

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Attributes
ACN	371793
Time
Date	199706
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : oak
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : oak
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : initial
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	371793
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 80
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Clearance issued us a 270 degree heading after departure. Approximately 30 mins passed before we were airborne. My first officer had forgot our original heading. When I asked him again about our clearance, he said it was runway heading. Just after departure we were questioned about our heading and we told departure we were runway heading. It was not until sometime later that my first officer realized we were given a 270 degree heading after departure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG ACFT WAS CLRED FOR A HEADING VECTOR AFTER TKOF, BUT FLC FLEW THE SID UNTIL THE DEP CTLR INTERVENED WITH THE CORRECT HEADING.

Narrative: CLRNC ISSUED US A 270 DEG HDG AFTER DEP. APPROX 30 MINS PASSED BEFORE WE WERE AIRBORNE. MY FO HAD FORGOT OUR ORIGINAL HEADING. WHEN I ASKED HIM AGAIN ABOUT OUR CLRNC, HE SAID IT WAS RWY HEADING. JUST AFTER DEP WE WERE QUESTIONED ABOUT OUR HEADING AND WE TOLD DEP WE WERE RWY HEADING. IT WAS NOT UNTIL SOMETIME LATER THAT MY FO REALIZED WE WERE GIVEN A 270 DEG HDG AFTER DEP.

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.