An A320 departed tpa with an incorrect initial heading selected; but neither pilot remembered settin...

Narrative:

We were several hours delayed departing. As we taxied; we had a maintenance issue and had to work the problem. We were under the pressure of an edct time. After working the problem through maintenance control; we rushed through a before takeoff checklist and were cleared for takeoff. As we passed through 400 ft; the captain called for heading select; I selected heading and saw that the heading was set at 021 which is way off of the RNAV SID heading. We then received an ECAM (master caution) that distracted me from the turn that seemed wrong. I fixed the problem quickly and then asked him why we were turning. Before we could ask for clarification; ATC began vectoring us back on course. It is unknown why that particular heading was set in the window. I had been so busy that I assumed that we had received the heading and I missed and the captain indicated that he thought I had set it and that he had missed it. The flight continued without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320 departed TPA with an incorrect initial heading selected; but neither pilot remembered setting it. ATC and crew both quickly identified the track deviation.

Narrative: We were several hours delayed departing. As we taxied; we had a maintenance issue and had to work the problem. We were under the pressure of an EDCT time. After working the problem through Maintenance Control; we rushed through a before takeoff checklist and were cleared for takeoff. As we passed through 400 FT; the Captain called for heading select; I selected heading and saw that the heading was set at 021 which is way off of the RNAV SID heading. We then received an ECAM (master caution) that distracted me from the turn that seemed wrong. I fixed the problem quickly and then asked him why we were turning. Before we could ask for clarification; ATC began vectoring us back on course. It is unknown why that particular heading was set in the window. I had been so busy that I assumed that we had received the heading and I missed and the Captain indicated that he thought I had set it and that he had missed it. The flight continued without incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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	1188203
Time
Date	201407
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	TPA.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	MCP
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 160 Flight Crew Total 14500 Flight Crew Type 3000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

An A320 departed tpa with an incorrect initial heading selected; but neither pilot remembered setting it. ATC and crew both quickly identified the track deviation.