Flight crew of a widebody transport commenced turn in the wrong direction after takeoff and noticed their error at once and corrected back. Tower or departure did not comment, but departure advised that they should have switched frequency sooner.

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Attributes
ACN	406840
Time
Date	199807
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : fra
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3500 msl bound upper : 3500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : fra
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	406840
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Started right turn to metropolitan (MTR) instead of left turn. Immediately corrected to left turn. No comment from tower or departure about turn. Only comment was from departure that I should have switched frequency from tower to departure quicker.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A WDB COMMENCED TURN IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AFTER TKOF AND NOTICED THEIR ERROR AT ONCE AND CORRECTED BACK. TWR OR DEP DID NOT COMMENT, BUT DEP ADVISED THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE SWITCHED FREQ SOONER.

Narrative: STARTED R TURN TO METRO (MTR) INSTEAD OF L TURN. IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED TO L TURN. NO COMMENT FROM TWR OR DEP ABOUT TURN. ONLY COMMENT WAS FROM DEP THAT I SHOULD HAVE SWITCHED FREQ FROM TWR TO DEP QUICKER.

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.