MISSED APCH PROC - THE ARTCC RADAR CTLR ADVISED PLT THAT HE INTERFERED WITH OTHER TFC BY TURNING TO THE MISSED APCH HDG TOO SOON.

Date: 1995-04 · Aircraft: Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172

Anomalies: deviation-track-heading-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance

Synopsis

MISSED APCH PROC - THE ARTCC RADAR CTLR ADVISED PLT THAT HE INTERFERED WITH OTHER TFC BY TURNING TO THE MISSED APCH HDG TOO SOON.

Narrative

WE WERE EXECUTING THE MISSED APCH TO ILS RWY 22 AT TXK; WE BEGAN OUR MISSED APCH CLRNC GIVEN BY ZFW; WHICH DIFFERED FROM PUBLISHED. WHEN WE RPTED BACK TO ZFW WE WERE ADVISED WE HAD FLOWN INTO A PATH OF ANOTHER ACFT. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THERE BE BETTER COM BTWN CTRS AND TWRS. WHEN MISSED APCH CLRNCS ARE GIVEN; ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY DIFFER FROM THE PUBLISHED. ONE POSSIBILITY IS TO HAVE TWR SPECIFY THE MISSED APCH POINT AND GIVE THE CLRNC WHEN TFC CONFLICTS MAY ARISE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE PLT ADMITTED THAT HE HAD NOT GONE TO THE PUBLISHED MISSED APCH POINT BEFORE STARTING THE TURN TO THE ASSIGNED HDG. FOLLOWING THIS CORRECT PROC WILL INSURE A STANDARD; CLR OF TERRAIN AND AN EXPECTED GND AND FLT PATH FOR THE GAR. ANY OTHER TECHNIQUE WILL BE NON STANDARD; MAY STRIKE HIGH TERRAIN AND BE UNEXPECTED BY THE CTLRS AND OTHER TFC. THE RPTR DID NOT SEEM RECEPTIVE WHEN I SPOKE WITH HIM. THE RPTR WAS FLYING A C-172 WITH AN INST RATED PLT FRIEND AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

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