Narrative:

ATC facility: ZKC. Location: ulman intersection. Approaching ulman intersection from eos, it is somewhat less than convenient to find the right navigation chart to find that the airway leading to bdf VOR initially tracks outbound from sgf at a distance. With that said, the captain was using heading select mode tracking out to ulman from eos VOR. About the time we hit the DME for ulman intersection off sgf, I noticed an off flag on the captain's VOR tuned to eos. Just then, ZKC gave us a short vector not more than 5 degrees for traffic. There was some uncertainty whether we had been vectored because of possibly not being on centerline for the airway. There was no traffic on the TCASII the entire vector.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF S80 HAS NAV FLAG TO 'OFF' JUST AS THEY ARE ABOUT TO ARRIVE AT AN INTXN. ATC GIVES A VECTOR TO GET THEM BACK ON COURSE.

Narrative: ATC FACILITY: ZKC. LOCATION: ULMAN INTXN. APCHING ULMAN INTXN FROM EOS, IT IS SOMEWHAT LESS THAN CONVENIENT TO FIND THE RIGHT NAV CHART TO FIND THAT THE AIRWAY LEADING TO BDF VOR INITIALLY TRACKS OUTBOUND FROM SGF AT A DISTANCE. WITH THAT SAID, THE CAPT WAS USING HDG SELECT MODE TRACKING OUT TO ULMAN FROM EOS VOR. ABOUT THE TIME WE HIT THE DME FOR ULMAN INTXN OFF SGF, I NOTICED AN OFF FLAG ON THE CAPT'S VOR TUNED TO EOS. JUST THEN, ZKC GAVE US A SHORT VECTOR NOT MORE THAN 5 DEGS FOR TFC. THERE WAS SOME UNCERTAINTY WHETHER WE HAD BEEN VECTORED BECAUSE OF POSSIBLY NOT BEING ON CTRLINE FOR THE AIRWAY. THERE WAS NO TFC ON THE TCASII THE ENTIRE VECTOR.

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.