C208 PLT FLIES THE WRONG RADIAL ON APCH TO TWF. ATC SAVES THE DAY.
Synopsis
C208 PLT FLIES THE WRONG RADIAL ON APCH TO TWF. ATC SAVES THE DAY.
Narrative
FLT PLAN SLC TO TWF. ENRTE ON V4; I WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS TO CROSS BYI VOR AND PROCEED WITH THE BYI TRANSITION TO INTERCEPT THE TWF LOC. AFTER XING THE BYI VOR; I MADE A L TURN TO FLY OUTBOUND ON THE 230 DEG RADIAL. WHICH IN FACT I TURNED ALL THE WAY AROUND TO 060 DEGS AND PROCEEDED TO WHAT I BELIEVED WAS THE 230 DEG RADIAL. I FLEW THIS FOR THE EXTENT IN WHICH THE BURLEY TRANSITION STATES AND WHEN I WENT TO SWITCH TO THE LOC IT WAS NOT THERE. INITIALLY; IN THE FIRST L TURN; I MADE MYSELF DISORIENTED; AND DID NOT REALIZE MY MISTAKE UNTIL TWF APCH CORRECTED MY ACTION. I ATTRIBUTE PART OF MY MISTAKE TO WORK OVERLOAD; AND THE OTHER NOT PAYING ATTN TO MY SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. FROM DAY ONE FLYING WITH THIS COMPANY; I HAVE FLOWN ACFT WITH IFR GPS; AND THIS ACFT DID NOT HAVE ONE. MY WORK OVERLOAD CAME FROM BEING TOLD TO MAKE AN ARC TO INTERCEPT A NEW VICTOR AIRWAY; GIVEN 2 HOLDING CLRNCS; REQUIRED TO GIVE MULTIPLE ALT CALLOUTS; RECEIVED A LARGE CLRNC FOR THE APCH; ALL WHILE FLYING SINGLE PLT IFR. THE SOLUTION TO THIS PROB HAS BEEN DEALT WITH BY MY COMPANY AND I HAVE GONE THROUGH SOME RETRAINING.
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