Narrative:

We were re-positioning our aircraft from van nuys california to long beach, california for maintenance. This was a scheduled inspection. I had a new first officer and was letting him fly the empty leg to long beach. We accepted our clearance, which was a long victor airways to long beach. While en route, I dialed in the wrong radial to fly from the VOR to the seal beach VOR. This allowed the aircraft to get into airspace where it should not have been. I was trying to train a new pilot on the aircraft when I should have been paying more attention to the navigation in such busy airspace. The corrective action is that I will not do any training in the aircraft in such busy airspace again. I will verify and re-check my radials and tuning from now on also.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A G-4 FLT CREW GET DISTR WITH TRAINING AND DEPART THE WRONG RADIAL FROM A VOR. IN SCT AIRSPACE.

Narrative: WE WERE RE-POSITIONING OUR ACFT FROM VAN NUYS CALIFORNIA TO LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA FOR MAINT. THIS WAS A SCHEDULED INSPECTION. I HAD A NEW FO AND WAS LETTING HIM FLY THE EMPTY LEG TO LONG BEACH. WE ACCEPTED OUR CLRNC, WHICH WAS A LONG VICTOR AIRWAYS TO LONG BEACH. WHILE ENRTE, I DIALED IN THE WRONG RADIAL TO FLY FROM THE VOR TO THE SEAL BEACH VOR. THIS ALLOWED THE ACFT TO GET INTO AIRSPACE WHERE IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN. I WAS TRYING TO TRAIN A NEW PLT ON THE ACFT WHEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAYING MORE ATTN TO THE NAV IN SUCH BUSY AIRSPACE. THE CORRECTIVE ACTION IS THAT I WILL NOT DO ANY TRAINING IN THE ACFT IN SUCH BUSY AIRSPACE AGAIN. I WILL VERIFY AND RE-CHK MY RADIALS AND TUNING FROM NOW ON ALSO.

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.