B757 flight crew reported a configuration error and a heading deviation during a go-around.

Attributes
ACN	1529334
Time
Date	201803
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 2487
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 160 Flight Crew Total 1744 Flight Crew Type 1645
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach

Narrative:

On very short final to runway 4R at newark we had a 10+ knot speed increase to our vref. This we attributed to possible wind shear/gust that caused us to carry past the touchdown zone. I called for a go around that resulted in a balked landing. The aircraft briefly touched the runway before beginning a climb for the go around. Newark instructed us to turn right to 060 and climb to 2000 feet as monitoring pilot I set heading/heading select and altitude to reflect our ATC clearance. During the climb to initial altitude of 2000 feet we received another altitude clearance to 2500 feet our international relief officer alerted me that we had not yet reconfigured our flaps and gear for the go around. I confirmed that we had established a positive rate of climb; set flaps to 20 degrees and raised our landing gear. During this sequence we inadvertently turned past our assigned 060 heading. As pilot monitoring I noticed the heading deviation and asked the first officer if we had been given a new heading that I possibly did not hear/confirm. About the same time ATC instructed us to turn back toward 060. Further climb and heading changes to the west for approach re-sequencing were issued by ATC.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 flight crew reported a configuration error and a heading deviation during a go-around.

Narrative: On very short final to runway 4R at Newark we had a 10+ knot speed increase to our Vref. This we attributed to possible wind shear/gust that caused us to carry past the touchdown zone. I called for a go around that resulted in a balked landing. The aircraft briefly touched the runway before beginning a climb for the go around. Newark instructed us to turn right to 060 and climb to 2000 feet as monitoring pilot I set heading/heading select and altitude to reflect our ATC clearance. During the climb to initial altitude of 2000 feet we received another altitude clearance to 2500 feet our IRO alerted me that we had not yet reconfigured our flaps and gear for the go around. I confirmed that we had established a positive rate of climb; set flaps to 20 degrees and raised our landing gear. During this sequence we inadvertently turned past our assigned 060 heading. As pilot monitoring I noticed the heading deviation and asked the first officer if we had been given a new heading that I possibly did not hear/confirm. About the same time ATC instructed us to turn back toward 060. Further climb and heading changes to the west for approach re-sequencing were issued by ATC.

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