B727 notified by ARTCC that they were off course northeast of abq. They concurred.

Attributes
ACN	455805
Time
Date	199911
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : abq.airport
State Reference	NM
Altitude	msl single value : 31000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zab.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other vortac
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	455805
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : atp
ASRS Report	455808
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : rad aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : vor other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued advisory flight crew : returned to original clearance flight crew : became reoriented none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

ATC notified us that they showed us off course. Checked navigation receivers and found one selected to wrong facility.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 NOTIFIED BY ARTCC THAT THEY WERE OFF COURSE NE OF ABQ. THEY CONCURRED.

Narrative: ATC NOTIFIED US THAT THEY SHOWED US OFF COURSE. CHKED NAV RECEIVERS AND FOUND ONE SELECTED TO WRONG FACILITY.

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.