An erj-170 flight crew allowed themselves to get rushed when cleared to expedite their takeoff and f...

Narrative:

[We were] told to take the runway; traffic 7 mile final. Crossing the threshold of runway 19 we had just started the before takeoff checklist and the first officer was off the radios making the 'prepare for takeoff' announcement. We got clearance while he was still off the radio as the controller wanted us to expedite the takeoff. The first officer came back and I told him we were cleared for takeoff. He read back the takeoff clearance; which was to fly the national 2 departure; i.e. Fly the dca 185 degree radial up to 5;000 MSL; and then expect vectors. As we rotated I called for navigation instead of heading as I never saw the FMS extension of the dca 185 radial. I turned around 700 MSL to intercept the course to hafnr. My first officer asked ATC if we had a heading to fly and he said not yet; 'don't worry about it; fly heading 300.' we complied and were cleared direct to hafnr and up to FL200.I advocate more in depth preflight briefings about departures. They become so standard that we tend to shorten them in our briefings.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An ERJ-170 flight crew allowed themselves to get rushed when cleared to expedite their takeoff and failed to fly the Nation 1 SID from DCA as cleared.

Narrative: [We were] told to take the runway; traffic 7 mile final. Crossing the threshold of Runway 19 we had just started the before takeoff checklist and the First Officer was off the radios making the 'prepare for takeoff' announcement. We got clearance while he was still off the radio as the Controller wanted us to expedite the takeoff. The First Officer came back and I told him we were cleared for takeoff. He read back the takeoff clearance; which was to fly the National 2 departure; i.e. fly the DCA 185 degree radial up to 5;000 MSL; and then expect vectors. As we rotated I called for NAV instead of heading as I never saw the FMS extension of the DCA 185 radial. I turned around 700 MSL to intercept the course to HAFNR. My First Officer asked ATC if we had a heading to fly and he said not yet; 'don't worry about it; fly heading 300.' We complied and were cleared direct to HAFNR and up to FL200.I advocate more in depth preflight briefings about departures. They become so standard that we tend to shorten them in our briefings.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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	998834
Time
Date	201203
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	DCA.Airport
State Reference	DC
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

An erj-170 flight crew allowed themselves to get rushed when cleared to expedite their takeoff and failed to fly the nation 1 SID from dca as cleared.