TRACK DEV. ALTDEV.

Date: 1995-03 · Aircraft: Commercial Fixed Wing

Anomalies: deviation-altitude-excursion-from-assigned-altitude|deviation-track-heading-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|inflight-event-encounter-weather-turbulence

Synopsis

TRACK DEV. ALTDEV.

Narrative

WE WERE CLRED FOR THE LOC RWY 11 APCH INTO SBP FROM MQO VOR. WE PROCEEDED OUTBOUND FROM THE VOR ON V27 TO 'FRAMS'. AT 'FRAMS' WE FOLLOWED THE PUBLISHED PROC BY TURNING R TO A 048 DEG HDG TO INTERCEPT THE LOC OUTSIDE OF CREPE. THE WIND BLEW US L OFF COURSE; SO WE WERE CORRECTING BACK TO INTERCEPT THE LOC. 'CREPE' WAS SET UP IN THE #2 NAV (MQO-307 DEG RADIAL). BEFORE WE WERE ESTABLISHED ON THE LOC; WE CROSSED THE MQO-307 DEG RADIAL. WE THEN BELIEVED WE WERE INSIDE 'CREPE;' HOWEVER WE DID NOT YET DSND FROM 4000 FT TO 2300 FT BECAUSE WE WERE NOT YET ESTABLISHED. WE DID; HOWEVER; TUNE THE #2 NAV TO THE MQO-355 DEG RADIAL FOR 'DOBRA.' WE DID THIS BECAUSE WE BELIEVED WE WERE INSIDE 'CREPE.' WHEN WE WERE ESTABLISHED ON THE LOC; WE THEN DSNDED TO 2300 FT (I BELIEVE WE WERE INSIDE 'CREPE' SINCE WE HAD ALREADY CROSSED THE MQO 307 DEG RADIAL). AT 2300 FT; ZLA ADVISED US THAT WE SHOULD BE AT 4000 FT. WE RETUNED CREPE AND WE IMMEDIATELY CROSSED THE MQO 307 DEG RADIAL FOR A SECOND TIME. WE THEN GOT THE ARPT IN SIGHT AND LANDED SAFELY IN SBP. ZLA GAVE US A FRIENDLY 'GOOD NIGHT.' WE LATER DISCOVERED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THERE IS ONLY A 17 DEG ANGLE BTWN THE LOC RWY 11 FINAL APCH COURSE INTO SBP; AND THE MQO 307 DEG RADIAL. WHEN WE WERE BLOWN L OF COURSE FROM 'FRAMS' TO 'CREPE;' WE WERE ALSO BLOWN ACROSS THE MQO 307 DEG RADIAL. WE THOUGHT WE WERE INSIDE 'CREPE;' SO WE TUNED IN THE NEXT FIX. FROM NOW ON; I WILL USE THE PRB 196 DEG RADIAL TO IDENT 'CREPE;' NEVER AGAIN THE MQO 307 DEG RADIAL. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY BUSY APCH; AND IN THIS KIND OF WX; THERE ARE TOO MANY DISTRS. I FEEL THE MQO 307 DEG RADIAL SHOULD NO LONGER BE USED TO IDENT 'CREPE.'

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.