FLC DEVIATES FROM HOLDING FIX ALT.
Synopsis
FLC DEVIATES FROM HOLDING FIX ALT.
Narrative
AFTER ELECTING TO MAKE A MISSED APCH ON ILS DUE TO A GS FLUCTUATION; I BEGAN THE INITIAL CLB TO THE MISSED APCH ALT AND CALLING FOR THE APPROPRIATE CHKS. THE FO HAD ONLY APPROX 6 HRS IN THE R SEAT AND I WAS TRYING TO DIRECT HIM IN WHAT I NEEDED AS TO THE MISSED APCH PROC. WORKLOAD WAS HIGH AND AS WE APCHED THE HOLDING FIX WE ENTERED AN AREA OF MODERATE TURB WHICH SPILLED OUR APCH PLATES AND WE HAD TO ANNOUNCE MISSED APCH WITH THE APCH CTLR AFTER SWITCHING FROM TWR. THE TURB CONTRIBUTED TO OUR GOING OVER THE ALT BY A COUPLE HUNDRED FT (ESTIMATED) AS WE ENTERED THE HOLD. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: LOW TIME COPLT AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE CREW HAD FLOWN TOGETHER IN ADDITION TO HIGH WORKLOAD AREA AND THE FIRST TIME IN A NON RADAR; TWR CTLED ENVIRONMENT IN A WHILE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED HE WAS FLYING A CITATION. HE SAID THAT IN THE RPT HE MEANT TO SAY HIS LOC WAS FLUCTUATING AS OBVIOUSLY THERE IS NO GS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LDA. HE HAS ABOUT 25 YRS EXPERIENCE AND WHEN THE APCH CAME TOGETHER AS POORLY AS THIS ONE DID HE ABANDONED THE APCH TO GET BETTER BRIEFED AND ORGANIZED. HE SUBSEQUENTLY COMPLETED GATHERING EVERYTHING TOGETHER; DID THE BRIEFING AND MADE THE APCH IN AN APPROPRIATELY ORDERLY FASHION. THE RPTR MENTIONED HE HAD DIFFICULTY WITH THE PRESENTATION OF THE GOV CHARTS; THE GRADE OF PAPER USED; THE LOOSE LEAF FORMAT. IN THE TURB THE GOV CHARTS CAME APART AND CONTRIBUTED TO HIS PROBS. THE PLT AND COPLT IN THEIR PROCS ONLY HAVE 1 SET OF APCH CHARTS AND THE PNF HOLDS THE CHARTS FOR THE PF DURING THE APCH. OTHER THAN THAT; THEIR PROCS REGARDING BRIEFINGS AND CALLOUTS ARE SIMILAR TO AIRLINE STANDARDS. THERE IS A PRE APCH BRIEFING AND THERE ARE CALLOUTS AT 1000 FT ABOVE THE ARPT; AND 100 FT ABOVE MINIMUMS AND EACH 100 FT BELOW 500 FT TO MINIMUMS IF MINIMUMS ARE BELOW 500 FT. TO PREVENT THIS DEV FROM OCCURRING NEXT TIME; HE PLANS TO HAVE THE FO BETTER BRIEFED FOR THE APCH AND HOPES GOV CHART MAKER IS COMING OUT WITH THE BOOK LIKE THEY USED TO HAVE. THE RPTR SAID A PROB WITH THE MISSION IS THE CONSTRAINT THAT REQUIRES THE AIR EVAC FLT BE AIRBORNE WITHIN 30 MINS OF NOTIFICATION AND THIS DOES NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT TIME TO THOROUGHLY RESEARCH THOSE PLACES THAT ARE BEING PIONEERED INTO.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.