A PVT INST RATED SMA PLT PERFORMS A PRACTICE INST APCH INTO CRQ. HE INADVERTENTLY EXECUTES THE APCH PRIOR TO APCH CLRNC. APCH CITES A PHRASEOLOGY PROB AND A MISINTERP OF THE CLRNC.

Date: 1998-12 · Aircraft: Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer

Anomalies: deviation-altitude-excursion-from-assigned-altitude|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|other-unspecified

Synopsis

A PVT INST RATED SMA PLT PERFORMS A PRACTICE INST APCH INTO CRQ. HE INADVERTENTLY EXECUTES THE APCH PRIOR TO APCH CLRNC. APCH CITES A PHRASEOLOGY PROB AND A MISINTERP OF THE CLRNC.

Narrative

DURING IFR PRACTICE UNDER VMC CONDITIONS WITH APPROPRIATE SAFETY PLT; THE FOLLOWING ATC CLRNC DEV OCCURRED: REQUESTED VOR APCH TO CRQ; RECEIVED VECTORS TO OCN VOR AT 3000 FT MSL. OVER THE VOR WE RECEIVED ATC CLRNC; 'CLRED PALOMAR VOR; APCH AS PUBLISHED EXPECT FURTHER CLRNC AT PM45Z.' UNDER THE TASK LOAD OF SINGLE PLT IFR; EVEN THOUGH READBACK WAS CORRECT; I EXECUTED THE APCH AFTER THE PROC TURN AHEAD OF THE EXPECT FURTHER CLRNC TIME. THE APCH CTLR WAS VERY BUSY ALTHOUGH NO OTHER ACFT WERE KNOWN TO BE IN THE HOLD OR APCH TO CRQ. APCHING CRQ CLASS D AIRSPACE; NO FURTHER CTLR INSTRUCTIONS WERE RECEIVED. I SWITCHED TO CRQ TWR FREQ AND RECEIVED CLRNC TO LAND WITH NO INTERFERENCE TO OTHER IFR OR VFR ACFT. WHILE ENTERING PATTERN TO LAND; I REALIZED I HAD DEVIATED FROM ATC CLRNC. THE VALUE OF THIS IFR TRAINING WAS THE CONFUSION ON MY PART OF PHRASEOLOGY. 'AS PUBLISHED' DOES NOT MEAN CLRED FOR THE APCH. 'EXPECT FURTHER CLRNC' WAS THE OPERATIVE ATC PHRASEOLOGY THAT I CONFUSED FOR EXECUTING THE APCH AFTER THE PROC TURN AS PUBLISHED. VALUABLE LESSON IN FUTURE IFR FLT FOR HOLDING INSTRUCTIONS VERSUS EXPECTED CLRNC FOR APCH. DON'T LET A BUSY CTLR'S PHRASEOLOGY CONFUSE ME DURING IFR FLT. UTILIZE 'HOLD' IN VERIFICATION OF ATC INSTRUCTIONS. 'HOLD AS PUBLISHED' WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH CLRER ATC INSTRUCTION.

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