MD80 crew did not turn to the published heading after passing the intersection.

Attributes
ACN	426194
Time
Date	199901
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : aml
State Reference	VA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 12000 msl bound upper : 12000
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Flight Phase	descent other
Route In Use	arrival other arrival star : star enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial
ASRS Report	426194
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	426370
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Late turn at intersection. First officer flying. Late turning to new heading after passing doccs intersection. Approach control informed us we were going south of course as we initiated turn. Approach then issued us a heading, and shortly thereafter direct to armel. We asked approach control if we had caused any problems, and approach replied no, no problem at all.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 CREW DID NOT TURN TO THE PUBLISHED HDG AFTER PASSING THE INTXN.

Narrative: LATE TURN AT INTXN. FO FLYING. LATE TURNING TO NEW HDG AFTER PASSING DOCCS INTXN. APCH CTL INFORMED US WE WERE GOING S OF COURSE AS WE INITIATED TURN. APCH THEN ISSUED US A HDG, AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER DIRECT TO ARMEL. WE ASKED APCH CTL IF WE HAD CAUSED ANY PROBS, AND APCH REPLIED NO, NO PROB AT ALL.

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.