Flight crew of a B727-200 inadvertently entered restr airspace while being vectored around WX and the first officer's DME gave an erroneous indication.

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Attributes
ACN	471660
Time
Date	200005
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : vhp.vortac
State Reference	IN
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zid.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Phase	descent : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	arrival : on vectors
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 6000
ASRS Report	471660
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 93 flight time total : 15700 flight time type : 7300
ASRS Report	471659
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe airspace violation : entry inflight encounter : weather non adherence : clearance non adherence : far
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : radar other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued alert none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather Flight Crew Human Performance Airspace Structure Aircraft ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

During vectors for WX avoidance clearance given to hoosier VOR direct ind. DME indicated over oom (5.0 DME) then turn made to ind. Controller questioned turn to ind stating we penetrated restr airspace. We informed him of our DME reading but we had selected vhp. Controller informed us airspace was not hot.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A B727-200 INADVERTENTLY ENTERED RESTR AIRSPACE WHILE BEING VECTORED AROUND WX AND THE FO'S DME GAVE AN ERRONEOUS INDICATION.

Narrative: DURING VECTORS FOR WX AVOIDANCE CLRNC GIVEN TO HOOSIER VOR DIRECT IND. DME INDICATED OVER OOM (5.0 DME) THEN TURN MADE TO IND. CTLR QUESTIONED TURN TO IND STATING WE PENETRATED RESTR AIRSPACE. WE INFORMED HIM OF OUR DME READING BUT WE HAD SELECTED VHP. CTLR INFORMED US AIRSPACE WAS NOT HOT.

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.