Flight approaching mexican airspace is advised by ARTCC and vectored to the next fix.

Attributes
ACN	465990
Time
Date	200003
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zla.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	departure : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 5000
ASRS Report	465990
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	atc equipment other atc equipment : radar other controllerb
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance controller : issued advisory
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Thought flight was being vectored to downline fix when informed by controller I was nearing mexican airspace -- vectored to ipl.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT APCHING MEXICAN AIRSPACE IS ADVISED BY ARTCC AND VECTORED TO THE NEXT FIX.

Narrative: THOUGHT FLT WAS BEING VECTORED TO DOWNLINE FIX WHEN INFORMED BY CTLR I WAS NEARING MEXICAN AIRSPACE -- VECTORED TO IPL.

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.