Air carrier crew turns wrong direction on departure from bos using FMS departure.

Attributes
ACN	458598
Time
Date	199912
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bos.airport
State Reference	MA
Altitude	msl single value : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : a90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	climbout : initial
Route In Use	departure sid : wylyy 3
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 110 flight time total : 3100 flight time type : 380
ASRS Report	458598
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time total : 10000
ASRS Report	458774
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

During takeoff from runway 27 at bos, while flying the FMS wylyy departure, turned right instead of turning left as departure called for. Verifying that the FMC was loaded correctly and better communication between the PF and the PNF would have prevented the wrong turn.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR CREW TURNS WRONG DIRECTION ON DEP FROM BOS USING FMS DEP.

Narrative: DURING TKOF FROM RWY 27 AT BOS, WHILE FLYING THE FMS WYLYY DEP, TURNED R INSTEAD OF TURNING L AS DEP CALLED FOR. VERIFYING THAT THE FMC WAS LOADED CORRECTLY AND BETTER COM BTWN THE PF AND THE PNF WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE WRONG TURN.

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.