An air carrier B757 flight crew departed on the wrong heading, but an alert departure controller got...

Attributes
ACN	431832
Time
Date	199903
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : bos.vortac
State Reference	MA
Altitude	msl single value : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : a90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure sid : logan 2
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
ASRS Report	431832
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	431833
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : radar other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued alert flight crew : returned to intended course
Consequence	other Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Chaotic preflight and WX out of boston. Pre departure clearance stated route clearance without SID. 4 lines of instruction added to bottom of pre departure clearance. Missed logan 2 departure included on bottom of pre departure clearance. Bos departure frequency queried us as to our heading and we replied runway heading. ATC instructed us to come right to heading 120 degrees. No mention of error was made. We realized our mistake later on climb out. In our haste we overlooked all the notes on the pre departure clearance. Will not happen again.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR B757 FLC DEPARTED ON THE WRONG HDG, BUT AN ALERT DEP CTLR GOT THEM BACK ON TRACK.

Narrative: CHAOTIC PREFLT AND WX OUT OF BOSTON. PDC STATED RTE CLRNC WITHOUT SID. 4 LINES OF INSTRUCTION ADDED TO BOTTOM OF PDC. MISSED LOGAN 2 DEP INCLUDED ON BOTTOM OF PDC. BOS DEP FREQ QUERIED US AS TO OUR HDG AND WE REPLIED RWY HDG. ATC INSTRUCTED US TO COME R TO HDG 120 DEGS. NO MENTION OF ERROR WAS MADE. WE REALIZED OUR MISTAKE LATER ON CLBOUT. IN OUR HASTE WE OVERLOOKED ALL THE NOTES ON THE PDC. WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.

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.

An air carrier B757 flight crew departed on the wrong heading, but an alert departure controller got them back on track.