ACR CREW IS ISSUED ONLY 1 SET OF APCH CHARTS BY THEIR COMPANY.

1998-12 · NASA ASRS report 423700

Date: 1998-12 · Aircraft: Commercial Fixed Wing

Anomalies: other-no-specific-anomaly-occurred|other-unspecified

Synopsis

ACR CREW IS ISSUED ONLY 1 SET OF APCH CHARTS BY THEIR COMPANY.

Narrative

AT OUR COMPANY WE HAVE ONLY 1 SET OF APCH PLATES ONBOARD OUR ACFT. WE WERE GOING INTO TORONTO; ONTARIO; WHEN CTR ASSIGNED US THE RWY 6L PROFILE DSCNT INTO TORONTO. WITH ONLY 1 SET OF PLATES FOR CANADA WITH GOOD CRM ON MIND; I LOOKED OVER THE PROFILE DSCNT. I GAVE THE PLATE TO THE FO AND HAVE HIM MONITOR OUR PROGRESS ON THE PLATE. WE CROSSED THE YWT 15 DME ARC AT APPROX 13000 FT AND CONTINUED MY DSCNT TO CROSS RICKI INTXN AT 7000 FT AND 210 KTS. WHEN THE FO SAID; 'WAIT; YOU SHOULD BE AT 12000 FT;' AND 'NO WAIT;' THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION IN THE COCKPIT. SO I STARTED TO LEVEL OFF. THEN; ARR SAID; 'ARE YOU CONTINUING YOUR DSCNT?' SO I PUSHED IT OVER AND THE FO SAID; 'YES.' THEN I LOOKED AT THE GPS; IT SAID WE HAD 12 MI TO GO; SO I PUT THE GEAR DOWN AND 20 DEG FLAPS AND PUSHED IT OVER. THE CTLR KEPT ASKING IF WE 'WERE GOING TO MAKE THE SPD AND ALT RESTR;' AND THE FO SAID; 'YES.' WE DID CROSS RICKI INTXN AT 7000 FT AND 215 KTS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CTLR WAS READING ON HIS SCREEN. THAT'S WHAT WORRIES ME. WE WERE COMING DOWN VERY FAST (RATE OF DSCNT). THIS SAME PROB HAS HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE. CANADIAN CHARTS ARE DIFFERENT FROM OURS SO I WILL HAVE TO BRIEF THE PROFILE DSCNT BETTER AND MAKE SURE THERE IS NO QUESTION; BEFORE STARTING; NOT DURING THE DSCNT. I SHOULD HAVE TOLD THE CTLR OF THE MIX-UP AND GOT VECTORS OR SOMETHING. I HAVE INCLUDED A COPY OF THE PROFILE DSCNT INTO TORONTO; ONTARIO.

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

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