A DC9 flight crew tunes in wrong VOR and proceeds in wrong direction.

Attributes
ACN	518070
Time
Date	200107
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	intersection : zaske
State Reference	MN
Altitude	msl single value : 10000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Phase	descent : approach descent : intermediate altitude
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 4100 flight time type : 1400
ASRS Report	518070
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : became reoriented
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Turned approximately 4 NM prior to reaching zaske. Tuned in msp 115.3 instead of fcm 111.8. Approach gave us new heading. No conflicts.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC9 FLT CREW TUNES IN WRONG VOR AND PROCEEDS IN WRONG DIRECTION.

Narrative: TURNED APPROX 4 NM PRIOR TO REACHING ZASKE. TUNED IN MSP 115.3 INSTEAD OF FCM 111.8. APCH GAVE US NEW HDG. NO CONFLICTS.

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.