An air carrier widebody transport crew attempted to fly the wrong SID.

Attributes
ACN	253553
Time
Date	199309
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sfo
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 1000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : sfo
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Widebody, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff cruise other ground : preflight
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	253553
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Publication	Unspecified

Narrative:

We were filed for a shoreline 9 departure which called for a turn to 040 after takeoff from runway 28R. The requested departure was changed to a 'sfo 6' and was correctly stated on the pre departure clearance. I failed to see the change. At the time the pre departure clearance was delivered to the cockpit, the first officer was out of his seat. When he returned, I did not say anything more about the departure routing since I had not noticed the change. As we started our turn after takeoff, the tower questioned our turn and gave us a vector to correct the error. The problem was caused by my failure to look at the pre departure clearance properly.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR WDB CREW ATTEMPTED TO FLY THE WRONG SID.

Narrative: WE WERE FILED FOR A SHORELINE 9 DEP WHICH CALLED FOR A TURN TO 040 AFTER TKOF FROM RWY 28R. THE REQUESTED DEP WAS CHANGED TO A 'SFO 6' AND WAS CORRECTLY STATED ON THE PDC. I FAILED TO SEE THE CHANGE. AT THE TIME THE PDC WAS DELIVERED TO THE COCKPIT, THE FO WAS OUT OF HIS SEAT. WHEN HE RETURNED, I DID NOT SAY ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THE DEP ROUTING SINCE I HAD NOT NOTICED THE CHANGE. AS WE STARTED OUR TURN AFTER TKOF, THE TWR QUESTIONED OUR TURN AND GAVE US A VECTOR TO CORRECT THE ERROR. THE PROB WAS CAUSED BY MY FAILURE TO LOOK AT THE PDC PROPERLY.

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.