MD80 CREW HAD TRACK DEV ON THE LZARD ONE AT TPA.

Date: 2000-01 · Aircraft: MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: descent

Anomalies: deviation-track-heading-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance

Synopsis

MD80 CREW HAD TRACK DEV ON THE LZARD ONE AT TPA.

Narrative

WHILE ON THE LZARD 1 ARR TO TPA WE MISSED THE TURN TO 180 DEGS AT TUMPY INTXN. WE DISCOVERED THIS WHEN TPA APCH POINTED IT OUT THEN GAVE US A TURN TO 170 DEGS. WE CONTINUED TO RWY 36L WITH A VISUAL APCH. SEVERAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO MISSING THE TURN. THE LZARD ARR IS NEW AND THIS WAS ONLY THE SECOND TIME I HAVE USED IT. THE FIRST WAS THE DAY BEFORE. THAT DAY WE WERE USING RWY 18R WHICH USES VECTORS PRIOR TO TUMPY INTXN. AS THE WX WAS CLR AND WE WERE LOOKING AT THE ARPT I WAS PRELOADED FOR A VECTOR FOR A VISUAL. THE APCH PLATE IS UNUSUAL IN ITS DEPICTION. THE WAY IT IS LAID OUT VISUALLY MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THE TURN IS DIRECTLY N OF THE ARPT (IT IS ACTUALLY SEVERAL MI PRIOR). THE RADIAL 039 DEGS PAST TUMPY INBOUND TO PIE IS DRAWN WITH HVY DARK INBOUND RTE LINE EVEN THOUGH THIS SECTION IS NOT EVER USED AS A COURSE TO BE FLOWN. IN MOST OTHER STARS; INBOUND COURSES WITH A TURN HAVE A VERY LIGHT THIN LINE INDICATING RADIAL USED AFTER TURN IS NOT PART OF RTE TO BE FLOWN. EXAMPLES: JHAWK 3 TO MCI; TYGER 4 TO MCI; DECEE 3 TO IND; ARE BUT A FEW. IN MY OPINION THIS IS A POORLY DRAWN ARR; EVEN WITH THE TEXT NOTES IT IS VERY MISLEADING. I THINK THE ARR NEEDS TO BE REDRAWN. AS FOR MYSELF I WILL BE SURE TO READ NOTES CAREFULLY AND COMPARE THEM TO DEPICTIONS SO THIS WON'T CATCH ME AGAIN.

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