An EMB140 FMC was setup as a courtesy by the previous first officer but an incorrect lax SID was ent...

Narrative:

We had the normal routing from lax in our FMS. We briefed it; cross checked it using the commercial charts; and verified all the waypoints. After takeoff when we started to make the normal turn for the departure we were queried by ATC as to why we were turning. We explained we were on the CASTA2 departure and they said we should have been on the VTU5 and the CASTA2 was no longer available late in the evening. We immediately turned to the correct heading; the rest of the flight was uneventful and no other aircraft were inconvenienced. The previous first officer flying the plane; as a courtesy; entered the normal routing to our destination and programmed the FMS prior to leaving the cockpit. The captain and I reviewed it; it looked good; and so we accepted it without crosschecking the pre departure clearance to see that ATC had changed us from our normal CASTA2 to the VTU5 departure. It was late so fatigue was probably a factor as well as complacency. When the routing is always the same and then one time it's different; sometimes it is hard to catch. Lesson learned- always double check the pre departure clearance. Don't become complacent.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An EMB140 FMC was setup as a courtesy by the previous First Officer but an incorrect LAX SID was entered for the late evening departure time and the oncoming crew did not pick it up until advised by ATC.

Narrative: We had the normal routing from LAX in our FMS. We briefed it; cross checked it using the commercial charts; and verified all the waypoints. After takeoff when we started to make the normal turn for the departure we were queried by ATC as to why we were turning. We explained we were on the CASTA2 departure and they said we should have been on the VTU5 and the CASTA2 was no longer available late in the evening. We immediately turned to the correct heading; the rest of the flight was uneventful and no other aircraft were inconvenienced. The previous First Officer flying the plane; as a courtesy; entered the normal routing to our destination and programmed the FMS prior to leaving the cockpit. The Captain and I reviewed it; it looked good; and so we accepted it without crosschecking the PDC to see that ATC had changed us from our normal CASTA2 to the VTU5 departure. It was late so fatigue was probably a factor as well as complacency. When the routing is always the same and then one time it's different; sometimes it is hard to catch. Lesson learned- Always double check the PDC. Don't become complacent.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	925752
Time
Date	201012
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	LAX.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 140 ER&LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Route In Use	SID CASTA2
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	FMS/FMC
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

An EMB140 FMC was setup as a courtesy by the previous first officer but an incorrect lax SID was entered for the late evening departure time and the oncoming crew did not pick it up until advised by ATC.