B757 CREW DEVIATES FROM PUBLISHED ARR PROC IN DFW AIRSPACE.

Date: 1998-11 · Aircraft: B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: approach

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Synopsis

B757 CREW DEVIATES FROM PUBLISHED ARR PROC IN DFW AIRSPACE.

Narrative

FLYING DFW BONHAM 3 ARR (BYP.BYP3). LNDG N (RWY 35L/C/R) FROM OVER BYP I FLEW STAR TO LEMYN INTXN. I LOOKED AT THE STAR AND READ THAT I SHOULD TURN TO 190 DEG HDG AT LEMYN (FOR LNDG N). AFTER TURNING TO 190 DEG HDG I REALIZED; AT SAME TIME AS MY COPLT; THAT I WAS FURTHER FROM THE FIELD THAN I THOUGHT I SHOULD BE. I RECHKED THE STAR AND THEN NOTICED THE TURN TO 190 DEGS WAS FOR NON TURBOJETS. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED TOWARDS STONZ INTXN. WHILE IN THE TURN; APCH CTL GAVE ME A TURN; IN A CALM MATTER-OF-FACT TONE; TO THE W. I MAINTAINED MY ALT; 11000 FT; TURNED TO THE ASSIGNED HDG AND CONTINUED WITH APCH DIRECTION FOR THE DSCNT AND LNDG AT DFW. APCH CTL DID NOT SAY ANYTHING TO ME ABOUT THE EARLY TURN. HE EVEN SEEMED LIKE IT MAY HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE. THERE WAS NO URGENCY IN HIS VOICE. THE STAR (AS DRAWN) IS DECEIVING. THERE ARE 3 BOXES; POINTING TO LEMYN. ONE SAYS 'TURBOJETS LNDG N CROSS AT 250 KIAS EXPECT TO CROSS AT 11000 FT.' ANOTHER BOX (OFF TO ONE SIDE) SAYS 'NON TURBOJETS LNDG N DEPART LEMYN 190 DEG HDG FOR VECTORS TO FINAL APCH COURSE.' JUST BELOW THE TURBOJETS' AIRSPD AND ALT BOX IS A BOLD 190 DEG HDG ARROW WITH A LIGHTLY PRINTED 'NON TURBOJETS LNDG N.' I SAW THE TURBOJETS 250 KIAS 11000 FT RESTR (LNDG N) AND THE BOLD 190 DEG HDG. I MISSED THE SMALL PRINT. I CONSIDER MYSELF A VERY GOOD INST PLT WITH MANY SIDS; STARS AND APCHS COMPLETED OVER THE MANY YRS I HAVE BEEN FLYING. IF THIS COULD HAPPEN TO ME; IT COULD OR MAY HAVE HAPPENED TO OTHERS. THE PROPER TURN POINT FOR LNDG N IS NOW HIGHLIGHTED ON MY STAR.

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