Flight crew delay in taking the turn and heading assignment causes the controller's established separation to be threatened.

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Attributes
ACN	322060
Time
Date	199511
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sdl
State Reference	AZ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : phx
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : takeoff
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 1600
ASRS Report	322060
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Coming out of sdl on a vector to avoid traffic ATC asked us to turn RNAV direct to santa flight engineer. We set the turn but did not turn the airplane immediately and the controller said we had almost compromised separation with a B737 on an arrival into phx. Due to a strong wind from our left, we had apparently drifted much closer to the path of the B737 than the controller anticipated.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC DELAY IN TAKING THE TURN AND HDG ASSIGNMENT CAUSES THE CTLR'S ESTABLISHED SEPARATION TO BE THREATENED.

Narrative: COMING OUT OF SDL ON A VECTOR TO AVOID TFC ATC ASKED US TO TURN RNAV DIRECT TO SANTA FE. WE SET THE TURN BUT DID NOT TURN THE AIRPLANE IMMEDIATELY AND THE CTLR SAID WE HAD ALMOST COMPROMISED SEPARATION WITH A B737 ON AN ARR INTO PHX. DUE TO A STRONG WIND FROM OUR L, WE HAD APPARENTLY DRIFTED MUCH CLOSER TO THE PATH OF THE B737 THAN THE CTLR ANTICIPATED.

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.