Narrative:

While maneuvering the aircraft to line up our run-in line that was on a 190 heading; we made a check turn to the north. The controller asked us our intentions and we politely informed him of our desires. He stated that we needed to notify him of any maneuvers like that in the future. We have since passed this information on to the rest of our pilot cadre.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Gulfstream III First Officer reported accidental deviation from a clearance that resulted in an ATC alert.

Narrative: While maneuvering the aircraft to line up our run-in line that was on a 190 heading; we made a check turn to the north. The Controller asked us our intentions and we politely informed him of our desires. He stated that we needed to notify him of any maneuvers like that in the future. We have since passed this information on to the rest of our pilot cadre.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.