Narrative:

While doing NDB approach into fay, tuned and idented station. Did procedure turn and executed approach. Just prior to time, ATC told us that we were off course and asked us if we were correcting. Then they asked us to go around. We were 1 mi east of course. Our instruments, both my first officer's and mine, showed us to be on the inbound course. I was not identing the station throughout the entire approach and when we punched back in, noted no identify. To prevent this, I should have idented the station throughout the entire approach.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR SMT EXECUTES GO AROUND AFTER RECEIVING FALSE COURSE SIGNALS WHILE CONDUCTING NIGHT IMC NDB APCH TO MINIMUMS.

Narrative: WHILE DOING NDB APCH INTO FAY, TUNED AND IDENTED STATION. DID PROC TURN AND EXECUTED APCH. JUST PRIOR TO TIME, ATC TOLD US THAT WE WERE OFF COURSE AND ASKED US IF WE WERE CORRECTING. THEN THEY ASKED US TO GO AROUND. WE WERE 1 MI E OF COURSE. OUR INSTRUMENTS, BOTH MY F/O'S AND MINE, SHOWED US TO BE ON THE INBND COURSE. I WAS NOT IDENTING THE STATION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE APCH AND WHEN WE PUNCHED BACK IN, NOTED NO IDENT. TO PREVENT THIS, I SHOULD HAVE IDENTED THE STATION THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE APCH.

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.