Widebody transport flight crew fails to read complete pre departure clearance. Flies wrong departure...

Attributes
ACN	251758
Time
Date	199309
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sfo
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : oak tower : fll
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff climbout : initial
Route In Use	departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	251758
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Departing runway 28 at sfo, crew misread pre departure clearance and flew SID as filed on flight plan. Layout of pre departure clearance is such that misreading is easy. 'As filed' is in plain english while departure name is coded. Crews receive clearance 'as filed' almost every flight and have a tendency to see what they expect to see.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WDB FLC FAILS TO READ COMPLETE PDC. FLIES WRONG DEP.

Narrative: DEPARTING RWY 28 AT SFO, CREW MISREAD PDC AND FLEW SID AS FILED ON FLT PLAN. LAYOUT OF PDC IS SUCH THAT MISREADING IS EASY. 'AS FILED' IS IN PLAIN ENGLISH WHILE DEP NAME IS CODED. CREWS RECEIVE CLRNC 'AS FILED' ALMOST EVERY FLT AND HAVE A TENDENCY TO SEE WHAT THEY EXPECT TO SEE.

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.