Narrative:

My first officer and I were on a vector to join the ILS runway 26R at atl. The first officer was the PNF and was in charge of finishing all the checklist. The approach check was called for and completed. Unknown to me, the first officer only 'tuned and idented' his radios. The ILS runway 26R frequency was still in standby on my radios. He failed to comply with the checklist and I failed to verify his work. As we were flying on our vector and had been cleared for the approach, the first officer's localizer course came alive and we flew right through the course without him saying a word. I had the wrong frequency in the #1 radio and was waiting for my course to come alive when ATC informed us we had just flown through our course. My first officer immediately agreed that we had done so just as I realized what had happened. ATC gave us a heading to reintercept and we were cleared for a visual approach to runway 26R. We landed without incident, and we caused no deviation to other aircraft. As PIC, I feel the 2 things that caused this deviation are: 1) first officer's failure to complete the approach checklist as we were trained and my failure to ensure I have the proper frequency in the #1 radio. 2) first officer's unwillingness to speak up as we flew through our localizer course. It was our very first trip together and he may not have felt like he could correct me. We had a lack of communication. Supplemental information from acn 516095: given a 'square turn to final' while parallel approachs being conducted at atl. Autoplt did terrible job of intercepting, and I took control when we had overshot final. Parallel approachs in use, no TCASII advisories. I overshot runway 26R inside the marker and crossed runway 26L, but did not interfere with approachs on runway 27L. Mins later, I was given a sidestep to runway 26L and landed uneventfully.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: E145 CREW OVERSHOT THE TURN TO FINAL ON RWY 26R AT ATL.

Narrative: MY FO AND I WERE ON A VECTOR TO JOIN THE ILS RWY 26R AT ATL. THE FO WAS THE PNF AND WAS IN CHARGE OF FINISHING ALL THE CHKLIST. THE APCH CHK WAS CALLED FOR AND COMPLETED. UNKNOWN TO ME, THE FO ONLY 'TUNED AND IDENTED' HIS RADIOS. THE ILS RWY 26R FREQ WAS STILL IN STANDBY ON MY RADIOS. HE FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE CHKLIST AND I FAILED TO VERIFY HIS WORK. AS WE WERE FLYING ON OUR VECTOR AND HAD BEEN CLRED FOR THE APCH, THE FO'S LOC COURSE CAME ALIVE AND WE FLEW RIGHT THROUGH THE COURSE WITHOUT HIM SAYING A WORD. I HAD THE WRONG FREQ IN THE #1 RADIO AND WAS WAITING FOR MY COURSE TO COME ALIVE WHEN ATC INFORMED US WE HAD JUST FLOWN THROUGH OUR COURSE. MY FO IMMEDIATELY AGREED THAT WE HAD DONE SO JUST AS I REALIZED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. ATC GAVE US A HDG TO REINTERCEPT AND WE WERE CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 26R. WE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, AND WE CAUSED NO DEV TO OTHER ACFT. AS PIC, I FEEL THE 2 THINGS THAT CAUSED THIS DEV ARE: 1) FO'S FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE APCH CHKLIST AS WE WERE TRAINED AND MY FAILURE TO ENSURE I HAVE THE PROPER FREQ IN THE #1 RADIO. 2) FO'S UNWILLINGNESS TO SPEAK UP AS WE FLEW THROUGH OUR LOC COURSE. IT WAS OUR VERY FIRST TRIP TOGETHER AND HE MAY NOT HAVE FELT LIKE HE COULD CORRECT ME. WE HAD A LACK OF COM. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 516095: GIVEN A 'SQUARE TURN TO FINAL' WHILE PARALLEL APCHS BEING CONDUCTED AT ATL. AUTOPLT DID TERRIBLE JOB OF INTERCEPTING, AND I TOOK CTL WHEN WE HAD OVERSHOT FINAL. PARALLEL APCHS IN USE, NO TCASII ADVISORIES. I OVERSHOT RWY 26R INSIDE THE MARKER AND CROSSED RWY 26L, BUT DID NOT INTERFERE WITH APCHS ON RWY 27L. MINS LATER, I WAS GIVEN A SIDESTEP TO RWY 26L AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.

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.