SINGLE PLT OF TWIN JET MADE MISSED APCH AT ASPEN; CO; DEVIATED FROM OUTBOUND LOC COURSE.
Synopsis
SINGLE PLT OF TWIN JET MADE MISSED APCH AT ASPEN; CO; DEVIATED FROM OUTBOUND LOC COURSE.
Narrative
WHILE EXECUTING THE MISSED APCH (VOR DME TO ASPEN; CO; RWY 15) I NOTIFIED THE TWR OF MY INTENTIONS TO EXECUTE A MISSED APCH AND WAS HANDED OFF TO ASPEN APCH CTL. THEY TOLD ME TO MAINTAIN 16000 FT AND ASKED ME OF MY INTENTIONS. I TOLD THEM THAT I PLANNED TO PROCEED TO GRAND JUNCTION; CO. I WAS CLRED DIRECT TO GRAND JUNCTION. PASSING 14500 MSL I WAS TOLD TO MAINTAIN 14000. I ROGERED THIS AND DSNDED TO 14000 MSL. THROUGHOUT THE MISSED APCH PROC I WAS ENCOUNTERING MODERATE TURB AND MODERATE ICING CONDITIONS. THE ASPEN ARPT MISSED APCH PROC ON THIS APCH USES AN LDA COURSE OF 300 DEG TO CLR THE HIGH TERRAIN. THE ONLY THING WRONG IS THAT THE LDA IS LABELED 'BACK COURSE'. WHEN MOST PLTS SEE BACK COURSE ON A LOC TYPE APCH THEY KNOW TO GET THE 'FRONT COURSE' HDG TO RECEIVE NORMAL SENSING ON THEIR HSI. IF THIS IS DONE ON THIS APCH; HOWEVER; YOU RECEIVE REVERSE COURSE INFO MAKING YOU THINK YOU HAVE FLOWN THROUGH THE LOC COURSE. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE ILLUSTRATED ON THE APCH PLATE TO CLRLY STATE THE HDG TO BE SET IN THE HSI FOR AN 'LDA MISSED APCH' TO PREVENT ANY POSSIBLE CONFUSION IN THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AREA.
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