An MD11 captain reports a track deviation after being cleared to join the localizer for the right ru...

Attributes
ACN	885908
Time
Date	201004
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	ILS/VOR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 133 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 1749
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

Initial vectors for a visual approach were outside of the auto-tune limits for the ILS receiver. We were being vectored for a visual approach and given an intercept heading of 130 degrees and instructed to join the localizer to the right runway. The ILS receiver had not tuned and the pilot not flying attempted to manually tune the localizer frequency. He inadvertently tuned the frequency for the parallel runway which caused an overshoot of the correct localizer course. Approach controller noticed the deviation and assigned a new intercept heading of 220 degrees as we corrected the error. No traffic conflicts were apparent but regrettably our excursion disrupted flow and sequencing of other arriving traffic to some extent. Remainder of flight was uneventful.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An MD11 Captain reports a track deviation after being cleared to join the localizer for the right runway. When the aircraft does not auto tune the correct localizer in a timely manner; the First Officer inadvertently enters the frequency for the left runway causing an overshoot.

Narrative: Initial vectors for a visual approach were outside of the auto-tune limits for the ILS receiver. We were being vectored for a visual approach and given an intercept heading of 130 degrees and instructed to join the localizer to the right runway. The ILS receiver had not tuned and the pilot not flying attempted to manually tune the localizer frequency. He inadvertently tuned the frequency for the parallel runway which caused an overshoot of the correct localizer course. Approach Controller noticed the deviation and assigned a new intercept heading of 220 degrees as we corrected the error. No traffic conflicts were apparent but regrettably our excursion disrupted flow and sequencing of other arriving traffic to some extent. Remainder of flight was uneventful.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

An MD11 captain reports a track deviation after being cleared to join the localizer for the right runway. When the aircraft does not auto tune the correct localizer in a timely manner; the first officer inadvertently enters the frequency for the left runway causing an overshoot.