Narrative:

My second day back from a long vacation, trying to get up to speed with my duties as a first officer. We leveled off at 7000 ft our final altitude, we were on a 360 degree heading assigned by ATC to intercept V39 (mrb 065 degrees). Intercept would be at approximately 15 NM northeast of mrb VOR. My captain said something about a football game (I'm not much of a football fan) but I decided to try to find a game on the radio for him while I was hand flying (no autoplt). Captain said we past our radial so I quickly started a right turn to reintercept the airway. While in the twin ATC called and said that we had flown through the airway and assigned us a heading to reintercept. We reintercepted the airway in approximately 1 min. I should not have been looking for a football game on the radio, I should have been looking at my HSI.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC FAILED TO INTERCEPT THE ASSIGNED RADIAL BY FLYING THROUGH IT AND BELATEDLY RETURNING SIMULTANEOUS WITH THE ATC CTLR PROMPTING.

Narrative: MY SECOND DAY BACK FROM A LONG VACATION, TRYING TO GET UP TO SPD WITH MY DUTIES AS A FO. WE LEVELED OFF AT 7000 FT OUR FINAL ALT, WE WERE ON A 360 DEG HDG ASSIGNED BY ATC TO INTERCEPT V39 (MRB 065 DEGS). INTERCEPT WOULD BE AT APPROX 15 NM NE OF MRB VOR. MY CAPT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A FOOTBALL GAME (I'M NOT MUCH OF A FOOTBALL FAN) BUT I DECIDED TO TRY TO FIND A GAME ON THE RADIO FOR HIM WHILE I WAS HAND FLYING (NO AUTOPLT). CAPT SAID WE PAST OUR RADIAL SO I QUICKLY STARTED A R TURN TO REINTERCEPT THE AIRWAY. WHILE IN THE TWIN ATC CALLED AND SAID THAT WE HAD FLOWN THROUGH THE AIRWAY AND ASSIGNED US A HDG TO REINTERCEPT. WE REINTERCEPTED THE AIRWAY IN APPROX 1 MIN. I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A FOOTBALL GAME ON THE RADIO, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT MY HSI.

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.