Heading track position deviation after an amended clearance route change was issued to a dc-9 crew.

Attributes
ACN	309170
Time
Date	199507
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : tul
State Reference	OK
Altitude	msl bound lower : 35000 msl bound upper : 35000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zfw tower : ord
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	arrival other arrival star : star
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 8500
ASRS Report	309170
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	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:

Dfw arrival flight planned with boids 4 arrival. Clearance changed to blue ridge arrival, PF missed change in arrival, tracked outbound on 202 degree radial from tul (boids) instead of tul 158 degree radial (blue ridge). ATC brought it to our attention. We were both distraction by inoperative pitch axis on autoplt.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HDG TRACK POS DEV AFTER AN AMENDED CLRNC RTE CHANGE WAS ISSUED TO A DC-9 CREW.

Narrative: DFW ARR FLT PLANNED WITH BOIDS 4 ARR. CLRNC CHANGED TO BLUE RIDGE ARR, PF MISSED CHANGE IN ARR, TRACKED OUTBOUND ON 202 DEG RADIAL FROM TUL (BOIDS) INSTEAD OF TUL 158 DEG RADIAL (BLUE RIDGE). ATC BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION. WE WERE BOTH DISTR BY INOP PITCH AXIS ON AUTOPLT.

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.