First officer of an light transport turboprop turned to the wrong assigned heading resulting in ATC intervention and a new heading to bring reporter's aircraft back on track.

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Attributes
ACN	353060
Time
Date	199611
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dtw
State Reference	MI
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : dtw artcc : zdc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	arrival other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	other other : other pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6600 flight time type : 5400
ASRS Report	353060
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance 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:

Dtw approach assigned a heading of 035 degrees to our aircraft, along with other information you check in (ie, altitude, local altimeter setting, expect runway, etc). First officer (PF) mistook heading assignment to be 350 degrees and turned. Captain did not catch error made by first officer until dtw called back and heading of 070 degrees to compensate for error. Heading corrected, situation uneventful.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FO OF AN LTT TURBOPROP TURNED TO THE WRONG ASSIGNED HDG RESULTING IN ATC INTERVENTION AND A NEW HDG TO BRING RPTR'S ACFT BACK ON TRACK.

Narrative: DTW APCH ASSIGNED A HDG OF 035 DEGS TO OUR ACFT, ALONG WITH OTHER INFO YOU CHK IN (IE, ALT, LCL ALTIMETER SETTING, EXPECT RWY, ETC). FO (PF) MISTOOK HDG ASSIGNMENT TO BE 350 DEGS AND TURNED. CAPT DID NOT CATCH ERROR MADE BY FO UNTIL DTW CALLED BACK AND HDG OF 070 DEGS TO COMPENSATE FOR ERROR. HDG CORRECTED, SIT UNEVENTFUL.

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.