LATE TUNING OF NAVAIDS AND ERRONEOUS SIGNAL FROM THE HSI GAVE FLC SOME NAV CONFUSION.
Synopsis
LATE TUNING OF NAVAIDS AND ERRONEOUS SIGNAL FROM THE HSI GAVE FLC SOME NAV CONFUSION.
Narrative
WHILE FLYING INTO CAE; SOUTH CAROLINA; ON A COMMUTER FLT; WE WERE TOLD TO FLY S ON V155 TO LEDAS INTXN THEN V311 TO CAE FOR ILS 11; EXPECT NO DELAYS. I ASKED MY FO TO LOOK UP LEADS TO IDENT IT. HIS REPLY WAS THAT WE WERE TO EXPECT NO DELAY. I THEN TOLD HIM TO LOOK IT UP ANYWAY AND AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME WE WERE TOLD TO HOLD NW OF LEADS INTXN BY APCH CTL. AT THIS TIME WE WERE ALMOST ON TOP OF THE INTXN. I THEN TOLD HIM TO LOOK IT UP AGAIN AND TO SET V311 THE 296 DEG INTO CAE ON HIS NAV AND THAT I WOULD INTERCEPT IT AND THEN HOLD NW OF LEADS. AS HE DID SO ON MY THIRD ORDER I THEN NOTED MY DME SHOWED WE WERE THROUGH THE INTXN AND I STARTED MY TURN. WHILE IN THE TURN WE ALSO NOTED HIS CDI NEEDLE ON HIS HSI WAS STUCK SHOWING WE HAD NOT ARRIVED AT THE AIRWAY; BUT WE NOTED THE RMI SHOWED WE WERE GOING THROUGH IT. THIS CAUSED A GREAT DEAL OF CONCERN. THIS STUCK NEEDLE ON THE HSI; ALONG WITH A VERY BAD ATTITUDE OF AN OLDER FO WHO HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED FROM 1 ACFT TO A SMALLER; AND HIS LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM; CHANGED A SMALL PROBLEM INTO A MUCH LARGER ONE. SOME OLDER PLTS WITH THOUSANDS OF HRS NEED SOME HELP IN WORKING WITH OTHERS WITH LESS AGE AND FLT TIME.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.