C210 PLT OVERWHELMED WITH IFR CLRNC ROUTINGS AND MISINTERP APCH PROCS.
Synopsis
C210 PLT OVERWHELMED WITH IFR CLRNC ROUTINGS AND MISINTERP APCH PROCS.
Narrative
DEPARTED FROM BFL MEADOWS ON AN IFR FLT PLAN ONLY BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET INTO FUL VFR BECAUSE OF CLASS B AIRSPACE RESTRS AND FUL IS 2 1/2 MI INTO CLASS B AIRSPACE. MY RTE OF FLT WAS TO BE BFL; V195; PMD; POM; PRADO; ZAROW; QUEWT; CONGA; FULLERTON LOC RWY 24 APCH. I TOOK THIS RTE TO AVOID CLASS B AIRSPACE AND SPECIFIED IN REMARKS #11 FLT PLAN. 10 MINS INTO THE FLT; I WAS GIVEN AN AMENDMENT TO MY FLT PLAN CLRNC; DIRECT LAKE HUGHES; V495 CLOVIS; WHICH I COULD NOT FIND ON CHARTS; SEAL RWY 24 APCH. I WAS GIVEN SEVERAL SPD CHANGES; CLBS; DSCNT; WHILE LOOKING FOR CLOVIS ON CHARTS. THEN; APCH GAVE RADAR VECTORS ALL OVER AND THEN DSCNTS TO SET UP FOR SEAL APCH. I COULD NOT FIND A SEAL RWY 24 APCH ON MY IFR CHARTS. AFTER SEVERAL MORE VECTORS AND A DSCNT BELOW 2600 FT MSL VECTORING ALT IN CLOUDS SOCAL APCH SAID I WAS VIOLATED AND GAVE ME A NUMBER TO CALL FROM GND. THE APCH PLATE I MESSED UP ON IS FULLERTON VOR OR GPS-A; NOT CALLED SEAL RWY 24 VOR APCH. I MESSED THE APCH UP BADLY; PARTLY BECAUSE OF RTE CHANGES; DIFFERENT APCH GIVEN THAN REQUESTED. APCH CALLED DIFFERENT THAN COMMERCIAL APCH CALLS IT; SO MANY HEADING CHANGES IN JUST A FEW MINS AND THE AIRSPACE RESTRS CAUSED BY THE TERRORIST STRIKES ON SEP/TUE/01; WHICH CAUSE RESTRS IN CLASS B AIRSPACE. LNDG WAS VFR ON FIELD; L DOWNWIND TO BASE; RWY 24. I KNEW WHERE ARPT WAS; BUT GOT LOST ON APCH TILL I WAS DOWNWIND TO FULLERTON.
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