FLC OF COMMUTER LTT OVERSHOT INTERCEPT RADIAL AND ENTERED ANOTHER CTL SECTOR. NAV RADIO FREQ NOT RESET IN A TIMELY MANNER TO VOR FREQ.

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THE SCHEDULED PART 135 COMMUTER FLT WAS ENRTE FROM PMD TO LAX. THE CREW WAS TRACKING THE PMD 118 DEG RADIAL PORTION OF THE KIMMO 1 ARR AT LAX. THEY WERE THEN TOLD TO FLY HDG 180 DEGS AND INTERCEPT THE LHS 139 DEG RADIAL PORTION OF THE KIMMO 1 ARR. THE FO WAS FLYING AND THE CAPT WAS ENGAGED IN TYPICAL ARR CHORES. THE CREW WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD OVERSHOT THE LHS 136 DEG RADIAL AND HAD ENTERED ANOTHER CTL SECTOR AND WERE SUBSEQUENTLY GIVEN A HDG TO REINTERCEPT. BOTH THE PLT'S HSI'S SHOWED WITHIN TOLERANCES FOR BEING ON THE STAR; DEFLECTION WAS ONLY APPROX A DOT OFF. IT IS THE AUTHOR'S (CAPT'S) BELIEF THAT THE APCH CTLR HAD OVERSTATED THE SUPPOSED PROB; HOWEVER; THERE WERE A FEW THINGS THAT THE CREW COULD HAVE DONE TO HAVE PREVENTED THE SIT; FOR EXAMPLE: 1) THE NAV RADIOS WERE NOT RESET TO LHS 139 DEGS RIGHT AWAY; THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN. 2) THE FO COULD HAVE SEEN THE CAPT WAS INVOLVED IN CHORES AND SET AT LEAST HIS OWN NAV RADIO IN A MORE TIMELY MANNER AND THEN PAID MORE ATTN TO KEEPING THE ACFT ON PROPER COURSE. 3) THE CAPT SHOULD HAVE INTERRUPTED HIS CHORES LONG ENOUGH TO AT LEAST SET THE NAV RADIOS TIMELY AND PROPERLY. FURTHERMORE; ONCE THAT WAS DONE THE CAPT SHOULD HAVE DIVIDED HIS ATTN MORE EFFICIENTLY BTWN DSCNT CHORES AND MONITORING THE FLT PATH. ALL IN ALL; A VERY BASIC LESSON WHICH UNFORTUNATELY GOT LOST IN THE DAILY GRIND OF 2 COMMUTER AIRLINE PLTS.