Air carrier X tuned wrong VOR non adherence to ATC clearance track deviation.

Attributes
ACN	295245
Time
Date	199501
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ood
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	msl bound lower : 27000 msl bound upper : 27000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zdc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute : direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp
ASRS Report	295245
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

The captain was flying air carrier X filed J42 ood-rbv then J62 towards hto VOR. As we passed over ood VOR, I went off frequency and began to take engine data and enter it into the ACARS. This took a couple of mins, about the time I finished and came back on frequency, center gave us a left turn for traffic and asked us what our clearance was. We then notified center of our clearance and advised him that we had made a navigation error and had tuned the rbv outbound radial instead of the ood outbound radial. Robinsville VOR is frequency 113.8, woodstown is 112.8. No separation conflicts occurred.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR X TUNED WRONG VOR NON ADHERENCE TO ATC CLRNC TRACK DEV.

Narrative: THE CAPT WAS FLYING ACR X FILED J42 OOD-RBV THEN J62 TOWARDS HTO VOR. AS WE PASSED OVER OOD VOR, I WENT OFF FREQ AND BEGAN TO TAKE ENG DATA AND ENTER IT INTO THE ACARS. THIS TOOK A COUPLE OF MINS, ABOUT THE TIME I FINISHED AND CAME BACK ON FREQ, CTR GAVE US A L TURN FOR TFC AND ASKED US WHAT OUR CLRNC WAS. WE THEN NOTIFIED CTR OF OUR CLRNC AND ADVISED HIM THAT WE HAD MADE A NAV ERROR AND HAD TUNED THE RBV OUTBOUND RADIAL INSTEAD OF THE OOD OUTBOUND RADIAL. ROBINSVILLE VOR IS FREQ 113.8, WOODSTOWN IS 112.8. NO SEPARATION CONFLICTS OCCURRED.

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.