DA21 flight crew fails to intercept assigned radial.

Attributes
ACN	437690
Time
Date	199905
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : pmd.vortac
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sct.tracon
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Falcon 20G/20GF/ Mysterre Falcon 200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 10
ASRS Report	437690
Person 2
Affiliation	company : corporate
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to intended or assigned course
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Told to hold a heading until intercepting the 120 degree radial of pmd then direct pmd. Passenger came up and started asking questions as obs came alive. Went through radial 2 dots before correcting. ATC also called the mistake. Just dumb to allow passenger to distract us. I just get irritated when this happens.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DA21 FLC FAILS TO INTERCEPT ASSIGNED RADIAL.

Narrative: TOLD TO HOLD A HDG UNTIL INTERCEPTING THE 120 DEG RADIAL OF PMD THEN DIRECT PMD. PAX CAME UP AND STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS AS OBS CAME ALIVE. WENT THROUGH RADIAL 2 DOTS BEFORE CORRECTING. ATC ALSO CALLED THE MISTAKE. JUST DUMB TO ALLOW PAX TO DISTRACT US. I JUST GET IRRITATED WHEN THIS HAPPENS.

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.