A B737 first officer turns too far to the left, passing the heading assigned by approach controller,...

Attributes
ACN	472140
Time
Date	200005
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : stl.airport
State Reference	MO
Altitude	msl single value : 5000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : t75.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	arrival : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 4400 flight time type : 210
ASRS Report	472140
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 15000
ASRS Report	472535
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued advisory flight crew : returned to original clearance 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:

We were turning to a heading that we thought the approach control had given us and then approach turned us back to a corrective heading.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 FO TURNS TOO FAR TO THE L, PASSING THE HEADING ASSIGNED BY APCH CTLR, 9 MI S OF STL, MO.

Narrative: WE WERE TURNING TO A HEADING THAT WE THOUGHT THE APCH CTL HAD GIVEN US AND THEN APCH TURNED US BACK TO A CORRECTIVE HEADING.

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.

A B737 first officer turns too far to the left, passing the heading assigned by approach controller, 9 mi south of stl, mo.