The first officer of an air carrier cargo aircraft reports that the controller issued a vector to the flight crew, stating that they were off the airway. The reporter believes that the aircraft was on the airway.

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Attributes
ACN	335340
Time
Date	199605
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : mcn
State Reference	GA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 23000 msl bound upper : 23000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : ztl
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 airway : ztl
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 50
ASRS Report	335340
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 other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Captain was flying on jet route southeast. Controller came up and said 'turn right to 170 degrees' because we were going left of the jet route and that he had inbound traffic. The captain came right as requested. All 3 crew members were surprised by the vector because we showed on the airway. I had also just made a comment to the so that we were passing directly over the macon VOR.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: THE FO OF AN ACR CARGO ACFT RPTS THAT THE CTLR ISSUED A VECTOR TO THE FLC, STATING THAT THEY WERE OFF THE AIRWAY. THE RPTR BELIEVES THAT THE ACFT WAS ON THE AIRWAY.

Narrative: CAPT WAS FLYING ON JET RTE SE. CTLR CAME UP AND SAID 'TURN R TO 170 DEGS' BECAUSE WE WERE GOING L OF THE JET RTE AND THAT HE HAD INBOUND TFC. THE CAPT CAME R AS REQUESTED. ALL 3 CREW MEMBERS WERE SURPRISED BY THE VECTOR BECAUSE WE SHOWED ON THE AIRWAY. I HAD ALSO JUST MADE A COMMENT TO THE SO THAT WE WERE PASSING DIRECTLY OVER THE MACON VOR.

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.