Mdt crew had track deviation on the olympic 2 STAR into sea.

Attributes
ACN	465960
Time
Date	200003
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sea.airport
State Reference	WA
Altitude	msl single value : 10000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : s46.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Transport, High Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Route In Use	arrival star : olympiz 2
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 700
ASRS Report	465960
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance controller : issued alert
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Flight abcd from pdx to sea other captain flying. On arrival olm 2 for seattle. At cruise 10000 ft MSL, flight attendant comes to cockpit. I turn around to talk with flight attendant and captain turns to a heading of 340 degrees believing he is at the appropriate fix. We turned about 4-6 mi too early. Approach told us of the error and vectored us to reintercept. Captain was not aware of position at point of turn. I should not have gotten distracted by flight attendant.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MDT CREW HAD TRACK DEV ON THE OLYMPIC 2 STAR INTO SEA.

Narrative: FLT ABCD FROM PDX TO SEA OTHER CAPT FLYING. ON ARR OLM 2 FOR SEATTLE. AT CRUISE 10000 FT MSL, FLT ATTENDANT COMES TO COCKPIT. I TURN AROUND TO TALK WITH FLT ATTENDANT AND CAPT TURNS TO A HEADING OF 340 DEGS BELIEVING HE IS AT THE APPROPRIATE FIX. WE TURNED ABOUT 4-6 MI TOO EARLY. APCH TOLD US OF THE ERROR AND VECTORED US TO REINTERCEPT. CAPT WAS NOT AWARE OF POS AT POINT OF TURN. I SHOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN DISTRACTED BY FLT ATTENDANT.

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.