Medium large transport aircraft flew the wrong routing on departure from bos.

Attributes
ACN	427730
Time
Date	199902
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bos.airport
State Reference	MA
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Weather Elements	Fog Rain
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : a90.tracon
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
Route In Use	departure sid : wylyy2
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 65 flight time total : 21500 flight time type : 16000
ASRS Report	427730
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Airspace Structure	class b : bos.b

Narrative:

Original clearance logan 2. Taxi clearance reassigned flight to runway 27, wylyy 2 departure. On taxi out, FMC reprogrammed to runway 27 wylyy 2 FMS RNAV departure. First officer made takeoff in LNAV. After airborne, FMC and flight director commanded a right turn. First officer turned right following commands of flight director. When I saw him turning right, contrary to raw data displayed on my side, I stated 'something is wrong, turn back left.' as we were turning left toward wylyy waypoint, departure control asked for our heading. I reported 270 degrees as we passed 270 degrees in our turn toward wylyy. Departure control asked if we were turning toward wylyy and I stated we were. Departure control then put us on a radar vector until handing us off to center. I feel the erroneous information on the FMC and flight director was due to this aircraft not having 'toga activated runway position updating.' this aircraft does not receive radio updating until airborne. It may take several mins for this updating to take place.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG ACFT FLEW THE WRONG ROUTING ON DEP FROM BOS.

Narrative: ORIGINAL CLRNC LOGAN 2. TAXI CLRNC REASSIGNED FLT TO RWY 27, WYLYY 2 DEP. ON TAXI OUT, FMC REPROGRAMMED TO RWY 27 WYLYY 2 FMS RNAV DEP. FO MADE TKOF IN LNAV. AFTER AIRBORNE, FMC AND FLT DIRECTOR COMMANDED A R TURN. FO TURNED R FOLLOWING COMMANDS OF FLT DIRECTOR. WHEN I SAW HIM TURNING R, CONTRARY TO RAW DATA DISPLAYED ON MY SIDE, I STATED 'SOMETHING IS WRONG, TURN BACK L.' AS WE WERE TURNING L TOWARD WYLYY WAYPOINT, DEP CTL ASKED FOR OUR HDG. I RPTED 270 DEGS AS WE PASSED 270 DEGS IN OUR TURN TOWARD WYLYY. DEP CTL ASKED IF WE WERE TURNING TOWARD WYLYY AND I STATED WE WERE. DEP CTL THEN PUT US ON A RADAR VECTOR UNTIL HANDING US OFF TO CTR. I FEEL THE ERRONEOUS INFO ON THE FMC AND FLT DIRECTOR WAS DUE TO THIS ACFT NOT HAVING 'TOGA ACTIVATED RWY POS UPDATING.' THIS ACFT DOES NOT RECEIVE RADIO UPDATING UNTIL AIRBORNE. IT MAY TAKE SEVERAL MINS FOR THIS UPDATING TO TAKE PLACE.

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.