An air carrier B727 intercepted the right radial on the wrong VOR. Error admitted.

Attributes
ACN	354210
Time
Date	199612
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : rsw
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 15000 msl bound upper : 18000
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zma
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	cruise other descent other
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	354210
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : became reoriented other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Cleared by ZMA to fly heading 165 degrees until intercepting cyy 113 degree radial outbound. Descending through FL180 for 15000 ft assigned. We turned to intercept the rsw 113 degree radial by mistake. First officer was flying, autoplt on, manual mode. First officer was handling radios also since captain was making PA. Flight engineer was writing changeover information. After tuning cyy VOR, first officer reselected rsw VOR to check a radial but forgot to retune cyy VOR. The omegas had drifted significantly, so they were not being used for navigation. After turning to intercept the radial, ZMA asked, 'what heading are you flying?' first officer answered '115 degrees.' ZMA said 'you intercepted the lee county 113 degree radial instead of the cypress 113 degree radial.' first officer acknowledged. ZMA then immediately issued us a new clearance 'cleared direct worpp, maintain 10000 ft.' we then turned direct worpp as cleared.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR B727 INTERCEPTED THE R RADIAL ON THE WRONG VOR. ERROR ADMITTED.

Narrative: CLRED BY ZMA TO FLY HDG 165 DEGS UNTIL INTERCEPTING CYY 113 DEG RADIAL OUTBOUND. DSNDING THROUGH FL180 FOR 15000 FT ASSIGNED. WE TURNED TO INTERCEPT THE RSW 113 DEG RADIAL BY MISTAKE. FO WAS FLYING, AUTOPLT ON, MANUAL MODE. FO WAS HANDLING RADIOS ALSO SINCE CAPT WAS MAKING PA. FE WAS WRITING CHANGEOVER INFO. AFTER TUNING CYY VOR, FO RESELECTED RSW VOR TO CHK A RADIAL BUT FORGOT TO RETUNE CYY VOR. THE OMEGAS HAD DRIFTED SIGNIFICANTLY, SO THEY WERE NOT BEING USED FOR NAV. AFTER TURNING TO INTERCEPT THE RADIAL, ZMA ASKED, 'WHAT HDG ARE YOU FLYING?' FO ANSWERED '115 DEGS.' ZMA SAID 'YOU INTERCEPTED THE LEE COUNTY 113 DEG RADIAL INSTEAD OF THE CYPRESS 113 DEG RADIAL.' FO ACKNOWLEDGED. ZMA THEN IMMEDIATELY ISSUED US A NEW CLRNC 'CLRED DIRECT WORPP, MAINTAIN 10000 FT.' WE THEN TURNED DIRECT WORPP AS CLRED.

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.