A flight crew gets complacent and flies a SID that they expected instead of the one they were assign...

Attributes
ACN	525880
Time
Date	200109
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sfo.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl single value : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure sid : quiet two
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 130 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 2600
ASRS Report	525880
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : returned to assigned altitude
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Departed sfo runway 1L acting as PNF. After departure, turned to heading 030 degrees per the SFO8 departure. Upon chkin with bay approach, he issued heading for rbl and asked if tower had changed our departure. After responding with negative, controller handed us off to center. Further review showed pre departure clearance of quiet 2 departure (CUIT2). Human factors: normal departure off runway 1L and runway 1R SFO8 -- habit. Distraction on taxi out and brief when runway assignment changed from runway 1R to runway 1L, with need for new performance. Some delay getting numbers. Pre departure clearance showed filed as CUIT2, rather than revised segment information as cuit 2 or remarks CUIT2. Filed as FMC rt 2. Not as obvious as changes given habit patterns.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A FLT CREW GETS COMPLACENT AND FLIES A SID THAT THEY EXPECTED INSTEAD OF THE ONE THEY WERE ASSIGNED.

Narrative: DEPARTED SFO RWY 1L ACTING AS PNF. AFTER DEP, TURNED TO HDG 030 DEGS PER THE SFO8 DEP. UPON CHKIN WITH BAY APCH, HE ISSUED HDG FOR RBL AND ASKED IF TWR HAD CHANGED OUR DEP. AFTER RESPONDING WITH NEGATIVE, CTLR HANDED US OFF TO CTR. FURTHER REVIEW SHOWED PDC OF QUIET 2 DEP (CUIT2). HUMAN FACTORS: NORMAL DEPARTURE OFF RWY 1L AND RWY 1R SFO8 -- HABIT. DISTR ON TAXI OUT AND BRIEF WHEN RWY ASSIGNMENT CHANGED FROM RWY 1R TO RWY 1L, WITH NEED FOR NEW PERFORMANCE. SOME DELAY GETTING NUMBERS. PDC SHOWED FILED AS CUIT2, RATHER THAN REVISED SEGMENT INFO AS CUIT 2 OR REMARKS CUIT2. FILED AS FMC RT 2. NOT AS OBVIOUS AS CHANGES GIVEN HABIT PATTERNS.

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.

A flight crew gets complacent and flies a SID that they expected instead of the one they were assigned.