Distracted by aci and failed to follow victor airway when dogleg depicted on chart.

Attributes
ACN	92591
Time
Date	198808
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dtw
State Reference	MI
Altitude	msl bound lower : 12000 msl bound upper : 12000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : dtw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 25000 flight time type : 10000
ASRS Report	92591
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 1800
ASRS Report	92588
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Atl dtw, medium large transport, FAA inspector on jump seat. During descent #2 oil temperature gauge started spiking. A closer examination showed gauge was for an medium large transport a aircraft, yellow arc and red radial line in the wrong place. FAA inspector insisted grounding aircraft in dtw until repairs made. FAA inspector's headset jack was broke, was having to use copilot speaker for phone patch to mia tech services. Autoplt was broken on ci, I was handflying, talking to approach, navigating. FAA inspector had list of items for copilot to relay to miami-tech. I did not have time to consult proper charts. I had to take a shortcut so looked up next NAVAID, inbound leg, dialed it in, flew it. Approach yelled at us. Told us we were off the arwy, turn left, get back on. The controller's voice sounded like we may have caused a problem/conflict. FAA man was on first officer's speaker, unaware of any off arwy problem. Later review of arwy revealed a significant dog leg on arwy. The FAA man, his broken autoplt, too much confusion, too much going on during approach, all contributed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DISTRACTED BY ACI AND FAILED TO FOLLOW VICTOR AIRWAY WHEN DOGLEG DEPICTED ON CHART.

Narrative: ATL DTW, MLG, FAA INSPECTOR ON JUMP SEAT. DURING DSCNT #2 OIL TEMP GAUGE STARTED SPIKING. A CLOSER EXAMINATION SHOWED GAUGE WAS FOR AN MLG A ACFT, YELLOW ARC AND RED RADIAL LINE IN THE WRONG PLACE. FAA INSPECTOR INSISTED GNDING ACFT IN DTW UNTIL REPAIRS MADE. FAA INSPECTOR'S HEADSET JACK WAS BROKE, WAS HAVING TO USE COPLT SPEAKER FOR PHONE PATCH TO MIA TECH SVCS. AUTOPLT WAS BROKEN ON CI, I WAS HANDFLYING, TALKING TO APCH, NAVIGATING. FAA INSPECTOR HAD LIST OF ITEMS FOR COPLT TO RELAY TO MIAMI-TECH. I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO CONSULT PROPER CHARTS. I HAD TO TAKE A SHORTCUT SO LOOKED UP NEXT NAVAID, INBND LEG, DIALED IT IN, FLEW IT. APCH YELLED AT US. TOLD US WE WERE OFF THE ARWY, TURN LEFT, GET BACK ON. THE CTLR'S VOICE SOUNDED LIKE WE MAY HAVE CAUSED A PROB/CONFLICT. FAA MAN WAS ON F/O'S SPEAKER, UNAWARE OF ANY OFF ARWY PROB. LATER REVIEW OF ARWY REVEALED A SIGNIFICANT DOG LEG ON ARWY. THE FAA MAN, HIS BROKEN AUTOPLT, TOO MUCH CONFUSION, TOO MUCH GOING ON DURING APCH, ALL CONTRIBUTED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.