B767-400 and 400 ER
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 3; Flight Crew Type 2239
Situational Awareness; Confusion; Training / Qualification
Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert; Flight Crew Became Reoriented; Flight Crew Returned To Clearance
Aircraft; Human Factors; Procedure
Takeoff Runway 33; FO flying 767-400. First flight in 767-400 since [training] two months prior. Tower cleared us to turn left to a heading of 110 cleared for takeoff. FO responded to call and set 110 in the heading by turning the heading bug to the left. On takeoff roll everything went normal; after takeoff FO called for heading select and initiated a turn to the right while following flight director guidance. Tower corrected our turn and reiterated a left hand turn. Flight proceeded on course no further action required. From my perspective here are the factors leading up to the incident. Although I have over 2;000 hours in type; my experience in the 767-400 is very limited. I am an instructor pilot and have taught many events in the 767-400 simulator during the last [few] months. However; this was only my second takeoff in the airplane. Also; during my [many] years here I have never experienced a takeoff to the north with a left turn back around to the east. While executing the maneuver I was turning right while following the flight directors; because the turn was greater than 180 degrees the aircraft turned the shortest distance to the heading when heading select was engaged regardless of the direction the heading bug was turned. The difference between the altitude and speed tapes in the 767-400 and the rest of the fleet was requiring a substantial amount of concentration to decipher. The infrequency of flying the aircraft and the substantial takeoff performance of the aircraft; because the airplane was fueled for a one hour flight and not full of people or cargo; made things worse. I felt like I was turning the wrong way and was trying to reconcile the difference in the clearance and the flight director commands when Tower called us.
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B767-400 flight crew departing Runway 33 was cleared for a left turn after takeoff heading 110; which was set in the MCP. Once airborne heading select was called for and a right turn initiated to follow the flight director. ATC detected the error and corrected the turn direction. The flying First Officer had little actual flying experience in the B767-400; with its altitude and speed tape difference from the rest of the fleet.