Flight crew of medium large transport made deviaiton to avoid WX. Controller called intimating they ...

Attributes
ACN	146500
Time
Date	199005
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : pke
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zab artcc : cyqm
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other
Route In Use	enroute airway : zab
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 11800 flight time type : 2600
ASRS Report	146500
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 125
ASRS Report	146822
Events
Anomaly	other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

East of pke on J-96 it became necessary to deviate slightly north of course to avoid WX. Deviation was very minor and we didn't feel it necessary to call the center as we felt we stayed within the confines of the arwy. Abq wanted to know 'what are you doing'; returned to arwy centerline and nothing else was said. After further investigation it was discovered that a coach passenger was using his own cellular telephone which explained why our navigation display CDI's appeared to be operating so erratically. It's possible that our minor deviation was more pronounced than we thought.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT CREW OF MLG MADE DEVIAITON TO AVOID WX. CTLR CALLED INTIMATING THEY WERE OFF THE AIRWAY.

Narrative: E OF PKE ON J-96 IT BECAME NECESSARY TO DEVIATE SLIGHTLY N OF COURSE TO AVOID WX. DEV WAS VERY MINOR AND WE DIDN'T FEEL IT NECESSARY TO CALL THE CTR AS WE FELT WE STAYED WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE ARWY. ABQ WANTED TO KNOW 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING'; RETURNED TO ARWY CTRLINE AND NOTHING ELSE WAS SAID. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A COACH PAX WAS USING HIS OWN CELLULAR TELEPHONE WHICH EXPLAINED WHY OUR NAV DISPLAY CDI'S APPEARED TO BE OPERATING SO ERRATICALLY. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT OUR MINOR DEV WAS MORE PRONOUNCED THAN WE THOUGHT.

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.

Flight crew of medium large transport made deviaiton to avoid WX. Controller called intimating they were off the airway.