BE24 SIERRA ACFT WITH RPTR PVT PLT RECEIVING INST TRAINING AND PRACTICE ILS APCH WAS INSTRUCTED TO RPT OUTBOUND. RPTR ASKED INSTRUCTOR WHEN THEY SHOULD CALL AND INSTRUCTOR TOLD TRAINEE NOT TO WORRY; JUST FLY THE ACFT. THEY DIDN'T CALL UNTIL SHORT FINAL.
Synopsis
BE24 SIERRA ACFT WITH RPTR PVT PLT RECEIVING INST TRAINING AND PRACTICE ILS APCH WAS INSTRUCTED TO RPT OUTBOUND. RPTR ASKED INSTRUCTOR WHEN THEY SHOULD CALL AND INSTRUCTOR TOLD TRAINEE NOT TO WORRY; JUST FLY THE ACFT. THEY DIDN'T CALL UNTIL SHORT FINAL.
Narrative
WE WERE FLYING A TRAINING ILS APCH (MY FIRST ATTEMPT) WITH AN INSTRUCTOR IN THE R SEAT. WE HAD BEEN TRAINING MOST OF THE DAY ON VOR TRACKING; INTXNS; ETC IN A XCOUNTRY ENVIRONMENT WHERE I WAS COMFORTABLE AND ACTING AS PIC (IN ORDER TO BUILD XCOUNTRY TIME). WHEN WE STARTED THE APCH WE WERE ASKED BY ATC TO RPT OUTBOUND ON THE ILS. SINCE I HAD NEVER DONE AN ILS APCH AND BECAUSE THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD ME TO DO EXACTLY AS HE SAYS; (I DID NOT HAVE A HOOD ON BUT WAS FOCUSING ENTIRELY ON INSTS) I ASSUMED I WAS NOW RECEIVING PURE DUAL (AND I CLRLY WAS). WHEN WE TURNED OUTBOUND; I ASKED WHEN WE SHOULD RPT AND HE SAID; 'NEVER MIND THAT; FLY THE PLANE.' I FIGURED HE MEANT HE WOULD RPT OR AT LEAST TELL ME WHEN TO. WHEN WE CROSSED HALLO INTXN (ILS RWY 35 SGR); WE WERE TOO HIGH. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CTL OF THE ACFT AND INSTRUCTED ME TO RPT 'SHORT FINAL' (WE WERE APPROX 5 MI OUT); WHICH I DID. WE WERE THEN ASKED BY ATC TO EXECUTE A MISSED APCH; WHICH WE DID. I SHOULD HAVE RPTED THE TURN OUTBOUND REGARDLESS OF THE INSTRUCTOR. THE INSTRUCTOR SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAYING MORE ATTN TO THE RADIO.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.