Medium large transport crew turned to the wrong heading on an ewr SID.

Attributes
ACN	426236
Time
Date	199901
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 5000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Navigation In Use	Other
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid enroute other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 1800
ASRS Report	426236
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 8800 flight time type : 650
ASRS Report	425697
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

While briefing the departure, prior to taxi, the first officer read a turn to 290 degrees after the 2.3 DME on the ewr 6 SID. This was in error, the heading should be 220 degrees. The 290 degree heading applies to runway 4L and we were departing runway 22R. I did not verify this information from my own chart. After takeoff, we turned to the erroneous 290 degree heading and called departure. Departure control corrected our heading.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG CREW TURNED TO THE WRONG HDG ON AN EWR SID.

Narrative: WHILE BRIEFING THE DEP, PRIOR TO TAXI, THE FO READ A TURN TO 290 DEGS AFTER THE 2.3 DME ON THE EWR 6 SID. THIS WAS IN ERROR, THE HDG SHOULD BE 220 DEGS. THE 290 DEG HDG APPLIES TO RWY 4L AND WE WERE DEPARTING RWY 22R. I DID NOT VERIFY THIS INFO FROM MY OWN CHART. AFTER TKOF, WE TURNED TO THE ERRONEOUS 290 DEG HDG AND CALLED DEP. DEP CTL CORRECTED OUR HDG.

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.