An air carrier turned to a north heading at the wrong fix on a STAR.

Attributes
ACN	262133
Time
Date	199401
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : orl airport : mco
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 11000 msl bound upper : 11000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent other
Route In Use	arrival other arrival star : star enroute : on vectors enroute airway : mco
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 13000 flight time type : 2800
ASRS Report	262133
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

While executing goofy STAR, approach control kept giving corrective headings after we had turned to 360 degrees heading at fix calling for this heading. This heading was specified at this fix when landing north (traffic was landing south). We were supposed to turn to 360 degrees at the next fix for south lndgs. The previous week the controller had verbally specified a heading at the 1ST fix. I was busy checking on a gate with company radio and did not double check the arrival procedure. My first officer was a bumped back captain who is very competent and I was lax in not double checking the procedure as I normally would. We had been cleared from our flight plan route direct to the fix in the STAR which caught us off guard. Getting ATIS and company information through ACARS would help on a short flight like this (fll-mco). The PNF is busy with too many things outside the cockpit.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR TURNED TO A N HEADING AT THE WRONG FIX ON A STAR.

Narrative: WHILE EXECUTING GOOFY STAR, APCH CTL KEPT GIVING CORRECTIVE HDGS AFTER WE HAD TURNED TO 360 DEGS HDG AT FIX CALLING FOR THIS HDG. THIS HDG WAS SPECIFIED AT THIS FIX WHEN LNDG N (TFC WAS LNDG S). WE WERE SUPPOSED TO TURN TO 360 DEGS AT THE NEXT FIX FOR S LNDGS. THE PREVIOUS WK THE CTLR HAD VERBALLY SPECIFIED A HDG AT THE 1ST FIX. I WAS BUSY CHKING ON A GATE WITH COMPANY RADIO AND DID NOT DOUBLE CHK THE ARR PROC. MY FO WAS A BUMPED BACK CAPT WHO IS VERY COMPETENT AND I WAS LAX IN NOT DOUBLE CHKING THE PROCEDURE AS I NORMALLY WOULD. WE HAD BEEN CLRED FROM OUR FLT PLAN RTE DIRECT TO THE FIX IN THE STAR WHICH CAUGHT US OFF GUARD. GETTING ATIS AND COMPANY INFO THROUGH ACARS WOULD HELP ON A SHORT FLT LIKE THIS (FLL-MCO). THE PNF IS BUSY WITH TOO MANY THINGS OUTSIDE THE COCKPIT.

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.