757 flight crew misses intercept radial. Heading deviation.

Attributes
ACN	310480
Time
Date	199507
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl bound lower : 23000 msl bound upper : 23000
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zfw artcc : zma
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other
Route In Use	departure other enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	310480
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Departure SID worth 5 at dfw on heading 260 degrees climb to FL230. ATC instructed to intercept 274 degree radial dfw. Overshot 274 degrees dfw radial about 1 mi north. ATC reminded us we were north. Corrected on course.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: 757 FLC MISSES INTERCEPT RADIAL. HDG DEV.

Narrative: DEP SID WORTH 5 AT DFW ON HDG 260 DEGS CLB TO FL230. ATC INSTRUCTED TO INTERCEPT 274 DEG RADIAL DFW. OVERSHOT 274 DEGS DFW RADIAL ABOUT 1 MI N. ATC REMINDED US WE WERE N. CORRECTED ON COURSE.

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.