Air carrier B727 flight crew became distracted with radio problems and miss turn for course radial change. Controller alerts flight crew and flight crew corrects flight route. No apparent conflict noted.

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Attributes
ACN	410999
Time
Date	199808
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ptw
State Reference	PA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 35000 msl bound upper : 35000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zbw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 4200 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	410999
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	411000
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : clearance other anomaly other 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:

FL350 inbound to pottstown. First officer's radio went bad. While attempting to fix first officer's communication problem, the first officer was late to intercept the 146 degree radial outbound. ZBW called and vectored us 270 degrees to intercept the 146 degree radial. We were 4 NM off course. No TA's noted. Uneventful flight after.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR B727 FLC BECAME DISTRACTED WITH RADIO PROBS AND MISS TURN FOR COURSE RADIAL CHANGE. CTLR ALERTS FLC AND FLC CORRECTS FLT RTE. NO APPARENT CONFLICT NOTED.

Narrative: FL350 INBOUND TO POTTSTOWN. FO'S RADIO WENT BAD. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FIX FO'S COM PROB, THE FO WAS LATE TO INTERCEPT THE 146 DEG RADIAL OUTBOUND. ZBW CALLED AND VECTORED US 270 DEGS TO INTERCEPT THE 146 DEG RADIAL. WE WERE 4 NM OFF COURSE. NO TA'S NOTED. UNEVENTFUL FLT AFTER.

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.