Narrative:

We failed to notice that our assigned departure on the pre departure clearance was different from the filed departure. First officer doesn't remember specifically what was going on when he pulled the pre departure clearance out of the ACARS printer; but he was distraction by something. I failed to verify that the departure in our clearance was the same as I had just typed into the gfms. As we pushed back; many things happened that distraction us from verifying our route. The tower changed the runways in use from east to west. We closed out heavy; and it was so hot we were unable to use the primary runway. And we had a tailwind. In other words; a pretty typical day; but on this one; we never checked our departure clearance. I've flown out of phoenix enough to know that changing the runway direction is a pretty good indication that the departure will be changed; but it didn't cue me this time. We even talked about how strange it was that we'd be turning across the south runways! But the first we realized our error was when the tower asked us which departure we were flying; and if we'd received the change. Luckily for us; there was nobody taking off on the south runway; so we didn't conflict any traffic. The tower turned us away and that seemed the end of it. We were both shaken by our error and I believe we will remember it for a long time -- I hope to the end of our careers! I for one need to read the clearance each time; to see it with my own eyes. I've gotten complacent; and I believe I rely too much on my first officer's. The only change this incident might suggest is the format of our pre departure clearance's. Both the first officer and our jumpseater noticed that it was easy to see only the line that cited our filed clearance; and confuse it with our actual cleared route. Perhaps we should just leave it off to prevent future confusion. Supplemental information from acn 665892: on climb out from phx on the maxxo 1 departure on a heading of 240 degrees off of runway 26; phx departure inquired if we were on the st johns 3 departure; to which I replied; 'negative; we are on the maxxo 1.' departure then instructed us to turn right to a heading of 260 degrees; followed by further right turns ending in a heading of 360 degrees.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DISTR FLT CREW OF MD80 FAIL TO NOTICE REVISION TO DEP SID DISPLAYED UNDER 'REVISED SEGMENT' PORTION OF PDC. TRACK DEV RESULTS.

Narrative: WE FAILED TO NOTICE THAT OUR ASSIGNED DEP ON THE PDC WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE FILED DEP. FO DOESN'T REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY WHAT WAS GOING ON WHEN HE PULLED THE PDC OUT OF THE ACARS PRINTER; BUT HE WAS DISTR BY SOMETHING. I FAILED TO VERIFY THAT THE DEP IN OUR CLRNC WAS THE SAME AS I HAD JUST TYPED INTO THE GFMS. AS WE PUSHED BACK; MANY THINGS HAPPENED THAT DISTR US FROM VERIFYING OUR RTE. THE TWR CHANGED THE RWYS IN USE FROM E TO W. WE CLOSED OUT HVY; AND IT WAS SO HOT WE WERE UNABLE TO USE THE PRIMARY RWY. AND WE HAD A TAILWIND. IN OTHER WORDS; A PRETTY TYPICAL DAY; BUT ON THIS ONE; WE NEVER CHKED OUR DEP CLRNC. I'VE FLOWN OUT OF PHOENIX ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT CHANGING THE RWY DIRECTION IS A PRETTY GOOD INDICATION THAT THE DEP WILL BE CHANGED; BUT IT DIDN'T CUE ME THIS TIME. WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT HOW STRANGE IT WAS THAT WE'D BE TURNING ACROSS THE S RWYS! BUT THE FIRST WE REALIZED OUR ERROR WAS WHEN THE TWR ASKED US WHICH DEP WE WERE FLYING; AND IF WE'D RECEIVED THE CHANGE. LUCKILY FOR US; THERE WAS NOBODY TAKING OFF ON THE S RWY; SO WE DIDN'T CONFLICT ANY TFC. THE TWR TURNED US AWAY AND THAT SEEMED THE END OF IT. WE WERE BOTH SHAKEN BY OUR ERROR AND I BELIEVE WE WILL REMEMBER IT FOR A LONG TIME -- I HOPE TO THE END OF OUR CAREERS! I FOR ONE NEED TO READ THE CLRNC EACH TIME; TO SEE IT WITH MY OWN EYES. I'VE GOTTEN COMPLACENT; AND I BELIEVE I RELY TOO MUCH ON MY FO'S. THE ONLY CHANGE THIS INCIDENT MIGHT SUGGEST IS THE FORMAT OF OUR PDC'S. BOTH THE FO AND OUR JUMPSEATER NOTICED THAT IT WAS EASY TO SEE ONLY THE LINE THAT CITED OUR FILED CLRNC; AND CONFUSE IT WITH OUR ACTUAL CLRED RTE. PERHAPS WE SHOULD JUST LEAVE IT OFF TO PREVENT FUTURE CONFUSION. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 665892: ON CLBOUT FROM PHX ON THE MAXXO 1 DEP ON A HDG OF 240 DEGS OFF OF RWY 26; PHX DEP INQUIRED IF WE WERE ON THE ST JOHNS 3 DEP; TO WHICH I REPLIED; 'NEGATIVE; WE ARE ON THE MAXXO 1.' DEP THEN INSTRUCTED US TO TURN R TO A HDG OF 260 DEGS; FOLLOWED BY FURTHER R TURNS ENDING IN A HDG OF 360 DEGS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.