Narrative:

Controller issued us a clearance to fly a heading to intercept the rbv 1 arrival into ewr. Frequency was congested, and we were distraction, and flew through the arrival course into a hot restr area. Controller vectored us back on course. We let ourselves become distraction by the chatter on the radio.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC8 FO, THE PF, ON THE RBV 1 STAR INTO EWR, BECAME DISTR AND FLEW INTO A HOT RESTR AREA, R5001 A-B.

Narrative: CTLR ISSUED US A CLRNC TO FLY A HDG TO INTERCEPT THE RBV 1 ARR INTO EWR. FREQ WAS CONGESTED, AND WE WERE DISTR, AND FLEW THROUGH THE ARR COURSE INTO A HOT RESTR AREA. CTLR VECTORED US BACK ON COURSE. WE LET OURSELVES BECOME DISTR BY THE CHATTER ON THE RADIO.

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.