Wrong navigation track flown by flight crew.

Attributes
ACN	272647
Time
Date	199405
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : vuz
State Reference	AL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 25000 msl bound upper : 25000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : ztl
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5200 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	272647
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance 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:

Last leg of 3 day trip and minimum legal rest. Also had jumpseater we were conversing with. Usually we are filed over vuz to grahm arrival into bna, today we were rqz to volls arrival. Even though we knew the filed routing, complacency/fatigue/distraction caused us to fly toward ghm. 17 north vuz on the 345 degree radial the center controller asked if we were flying to ghm or rqz. I looked at the release to make sure and it said rqz. I told him we were tracking toward rqz (about 020 degrees from vuz) he said we looked like we were heading to ghm and he reclred us direct rqz. We were 17 DME nnw vuz and I estimate about 7 mi off course at worst. Boy were we embarrassed in front of the jumpseater. Since we fly over the same rtes so often we sometimes take the filed routing for granted since it usually is the same. Next time I'll keep a better watch over it!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: WRONG NAV TRACK FLOWN BY FLC.

Narrative: LAST LEG OF 3 DAY TRIP AND MINIMUM LEGAL REST. ALSO HAD JUMPSEATER WE WERE CONVERSING WITH. USUALLY WE ARE FILED OVER VUZ TO GRAHM ARR INTO BNA, TODAY WE WERE RQZ TO VOLLS ARR. EVEN THOUGH WE KNEW THE FILED RTING, COMPLACENCY/FATIGUE/DISTR CAUSED US TO FLY TOWARD GHM. 17 N VUZ ON THE 345 DEG RADIAL THE CTR CTLR ASKED IF WE WERE FLYING TO GHM OR RQZ. I LOOKED AT THE RELEASE TO MAKE SURE AND IT SAID RQZ. I TOLD HIM WE WERE TRACKING TOWARD RQZ (ABOUT 020 DEGS FROM VUZ) HE SAID WE LOOKED LIKE WE WERE HDG TO GHM AND HE RECLRED US DIRECT RQZ. WE WERE 17 DME NNW VUZ AND I ESTIMATE ABOUT 7 MI OFF COURSE AT WORST. BOY WERE WE EMBARRASSED IN FRONT OF THE JUMPSEATER. SINCE WE FLY OVER THE SAME RTES SO OFTEN WE SOMETIMES TAKE THE FILED RTING FOR GRANTED SINCE IT USUALLY IS THE SAME. NEXT TIME I'LL KEEP A BETTER WATCH OVER IT!

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.