Narrative:

As the first officer, I picked up the clearance from lga to iad. I was given the lga 6 departure with the whitestone climb. 2 days prior I was given the same clearance but it was modified with radar vectors because the blimp was circling the event near shea stadium. When I took off I turned to 175 degree heading but never turned to 050 degree heading at 2.5 DME. I was waiting for a vector from control. In effect I thought I was doing the coney island climb out and would have completed that if the controller hadn't turned me to a heading of 360 degrees expeditiously before I reached jfk's airspace. The problem arose when I picked up the clearance and more accurately looked up the wrong climb out procedure on the lga 6 SID. Also by assuming I would be given vectors as if the blimp was in the way, I should have known to turn at 2.5 DME to 050 degree heading. But instead it stuck in my mind to do the coney island climb out, which takes you over canarsie VOR. The controller did a nice job of catching the mistake and inquired to which climb out we were on. We told him we were given the whitestone climb. His quick corrective action by turning us right to a 360 degree heading saved us from entering jfk's airspace. I'm still mad at myself for not knowing to turn left on climb out because I had been there 2 days before and done the same thing. But this time the blimp was not there so it was logical to me to turn right to head southwest towards iad. More contributing factors were the planes I saw earlier taking off and turning right. I did not see their left turn because they were in the clouds by that time. Factors: controller on clearance delivery told me radar vectors whitestone. Other aircraft taking off with a right turn off of runway 13 lga then into clouds. Thinking of coney island climb towards canarsie (swbound to iad). Looking up and reading lga 6 departure coney island climb rather than whitestone. Not doublechking as a crew. Days earlier having a blimp in my way and the absence of it on this day.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LTT FO RPT ON HDG TRACK DEV AND NON ADHERENCE TO ATC CLRNC INSTRUCTION PROC.

Narrative: AS THE FO, I PICKED UP THE CLRNC FROM LGA TO IAD. I WAS GIVEN THE LGA 6 DEP WITH THE WHITESTONE CLB. 2 DAYS PRIOR I WAS GIVEN THE SAME CLRNC BUT IT WAS MODIFIED WITH RADAR VECTORS BECAUSE THE BLIMP WAS CIRCLING THE EVENT NEAR SHEA STADIUM. WHEN I TOOK OFF I TURNED TO 175 DEG HDG BUT NEVER TURNED TO 050 DEG HDG AT 2.5 DME. I WAS WAITING FOR A VECTOR FROM CTL. IN EFFECT I THOUGHT I WAS DOING THE CONEY ISLAND CLBOUT AND WOULD HAVE COMPLETED THAT IF THE CTLR HADN'T TURNED ME TO A HDG OF 360 DEGS EXPEDITIOUSLY BEFORE I REACHED JFK'S AIRSPACE. THE PROB AROSE WHEN I PICKED UP THE CLRNC AND MORE ACCURATELY LOOKED UP THE WRONG CLBOUT PROC ON THE LGA 6 SID. ALSO BY ASSUMING I WOULD BE GIVEN VECTORS AS IF THE BLIMP WAS IN THE WAY, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN TO TURN AT 2.5 DME TO 050 DEG HDG. BUT INSTEAD IT STUCK IN MY MIND TO DO THE CONEY ISLAND CLBOUT, WHICH TAKES YOU OVER CANARSIE VOR. THE CTLR DID A NICE JOB OF CATCHING THE MISTAKE AND INQUIRED TO WHICH CLBOUT WE WERE ON. WE TOLD HIM WE WERE GIVEN THE WHITESTONE CLB. HIS QUICK CORRECTIVE ACTION BY TURNING US R TO A 360 DEG HDG SAVED US FROM ENTERING JFK'S AIRSPACE. I'M STILL MAD AT MYSELF FOR NOT KNOWING TO TURN L ON CLBOUT BECAUSE I HAD BEEN THERE 2 DAYS BEFORE AND DONE THE SAME THING. BUT THIS TIME THE BLIMP WAS NOT THERE SO IT WAS LOGICAL TO ME TO TURN R TO HEAD SW TOWARDS IAD. MORE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE THE PLANES I SAW EARLIER TAKING OFF AND TURNING R. I DID NOT SEE THEIR L TURN BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE CLOUDS BY THAT TIME. FACTORS: CTLR ON CLRNC DELIVERY TOLD ME RADAR VECTORS WHITESTONE. OTHER ACFT TAKING OFF WITH A R TURN OFF OF RWY 13 LGA THEN INTO CLOUDS. THINKING OF CONEY ISLAND CLB TOWARDS CANARSIE (SWBOUND TO IAD). LOOKING UP AND READING LGA 6 DEP CONEY ISLAND CLB RATHER THAN WHITESTONE. NOT DOUBLECHKING AS A CREW. DAYS EARLIER HAVING A BLIMP IN MY WAY AND THE ABSENCE OF IT ON THIS DAY.

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.