Narrative:

Battling a summer cold, entire crew and I arrived 1 hour prior to departure. Aircraft and ramp cooled to 90 degrees during evening -- very hot. Set up cockpit after preflight for a picah 5 departure prior to captain's arrival with paper work. Initiated checklist and at 'flight instruments and bugs' he called off departure radial off pxr, DME turn heading 190 degrees, cross VOR at or below 3000 ft, 4 DME out, right turn 190 degrees intercept 160 degree radial to tfd. Great -- just like normal departure to dfw. Problem neither of us noticed was flight plan and pre departure clearance read st. John's 1 departure. Turn left 020 degrees instead of right 19 degrees. Departure caught our turn approximately 45 degrees into it and corrected us back to 020 degrees. No other traffic near by, no conflicts. Causes: I have flown this trip several times in recent past and always went to tfd. My expectation was to go to tfd. I had set it up and captain read back the picah departure to tfd. In my mind and his we were going to tfd. Captain's flight plan and clearance said different. I had read transponder code, departure frequency and altitude from pre departure clearance but somehow managed to fail to see new departure routing. Captain had read routing but read back what I had setup. Neither of us read clearance sitting in front of us. We did it just like we had in recent past. Solution: especially with pre departure clearance since you do not hear clearance is to read and verify with each other the routing together. Supplemental information from acn 309673: I had reviewed the flight plan in operations. During the 'before starting engines' checklist at the point of reviewing the navigation panel setup, which the copilot had already done, I did not verify the setup with the plan or the clearance. My manual was opened to the phx picah 5 departure instead of the sjn 1 departure and the navigation radio setup matched the picah 5. The error was caused by my failure to xchk the flight plan, clearance, and navigation setup independently from the copilot. He, too, had failed to follow that procedure.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NON ADHERENCE TO ATC DEP CLRNC, SID DEP RTE. HDG TRACK DEV.

Narrative: BATTLING A SUMMER COLD, ENTIRE CREW AND I ARRIVED 1 HR PRIOR TO DEP. ACFT AND RAMP COOLED TO 90 DEGS DURING EVENING -- VERY HOT. SET UP COCKPIT AFTER PREFLT FOR A PICAH 5 DEP PRIOR TO CAPT'S ARR WITH PAPER WORK. INITIATED CHKLIST AND AT 'FLT INSTS AND BUGS' HE CALLED OFF DEP RADIAL OFF PXR, DME TURN HDG 190 DEGS, CROSS VOR AT OR BELOW 3000 FT, 4 DME OUT, R TURN 190 DEGS INTERCEPT 160 DEG RADIAL TO TFD. GREAT -- JUST LIKE NORMAL DEP TO DFW. PROB NEITHER OF US NOTICED WAS FLT PLAN AND PDC READ ST. JOHN'S 1 DEP. TURN L 020 DEGS INSTEAD OF R 19 DEGS. DEP CAUGHT OUR TURN APPROX 45 DEGS INTO IT AND CORRECTED US BACK TO 020 DEGS. NO OTHER TFC NEAR BY, NO CONFLICTS. CAUSES: I HAVE FLOWN THIS TRIP SEVERAL TIMES IN RECENT PAST AND ALWAYS WENT TO TFD. MY EXPECTATION WAS TO GO TO TFD. I HAD SET IT UP AND CAPT READ BACK THE PICAH DEP TO TFD. IN MY MIND AND HIS WE WERE GOING TO TFD. CAPT'S FLT PLAN AND CLRNC SAID DIFFERENT. I HAD READ XPONDER CODE, DEP FREQ AND ALT FROM PDC BUT SOMEHOW MANAGED TO FAIL TO SEE NEW DEP ROUTING. CAPT HAD READ ROUTING BUT READ BACK WHAT I HAD SETUP. NEITHER OF US READ CLRNC SITTING IN FRONT OF US. WE DID IT JUST LIKE WE HAD IN RECENT PAST. SOLUTION: ESPECIALLY WITH PDC SINCE YOU DO NOT HEAR CLRNC IS TO READ AND VERIFY WITH EACH OTHER THE ROUTING TOGETHER. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 309673: I HAD REVIEWED THE FLT PLAN IN OPS. DURING THE 'BEFORE STARTING ENGS' CHKLIST AT THE POINT OF REVIEWING THE NAV PANEL SETUP, WHICH THE COPLT HAD ALREADY DONE, I DID NOT VERIFY THE SETUP WITH THE PLAN OR THE CLRNC. MY MANUAL WAS OPENED TO THE PHX PICAH 5 DEP INSTEAD OF THE SJN 1 DEP AND THE NAV RADIO SETUP MATCHED THE PICAH 5. THE ERROR WAS CAUSED BY MY FAILURE TO XCHK THE FLT PLAN, CLRNC, AND NAV SETUP INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE COPLT. HE, TOO, HAD FAILED TO FOLLOW THAT PROC.

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.