C500 ARRIVING AEG RECEIVES STAR PUBLISHED FOR ABQ.

2003-02 · NASA ASRS report 574129

Date: 2003-02 · Aircraft: Citation I (C500) · Phase: descent

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy

Synopsis

C500 ARRIVING AEG RECEIVES STAR PUBLISHED FOR ABQ.

Narrative

ALBUQUERQUE CENTER AND APCH ARE ASSIGNING STARS FOR ABQ TO ACFT HEADING TO OTHER ARPTS INCLUDING AEG (DOUBLE EAGLE). UNLIKE IN MANY AREAS WHERE MORE THAN ONE ARPT IS SERVED BY THE SAME STAR; AEG IS NOT SERVED BY THESE PROCS. THEREFORE TO FOLLOW THE CLRNC YOU MUST CHANGE THE DESTINATION IN YOUR BOX TO ACCESS THE STAR AND THEN CHANGE IT BACK AGAIN TO NAVIGATE TO THE DESTINATION ARPT. THIS CREATES A VERY HIGH WORKLOAD DURING A CRITICAL PORTION OF THE FLT. IT ALSO REDUCES SIT AWARENESS SINCE THE STAR DEPICTION FOR THE 'PHANTOM ARPT' MAY OR MAY NOT SHOW YOUR ACTUAL DESTINATION ARPT. THE SAME GOES FOR USING PAPER CHARTS. SINCE THE PROC IS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR AEG IT IS NOT IN THE CHARTS FOR AEG. STARS AND SIDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ARPTS. FOR ATC TO ASSIGN A PROC FROM ANOTHER ARPT MAKES NO SENSE. THEY COULD EASILY ACCOMPLISH THE SAME THING BY ASSIGNING A COUPLE OF INTERSECTIONS OR THEY COULD HAVE THE FAA ADD THESE STARS TO AEG. WHAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY DOING IS FORCING THE FLT CREW TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME REPROGRAMMING THEIR BOX AND OR SHUFFLE THROUGH THEIR CHARTS FROM ANOTHER ARPT WHILE THEY SHOULD BE PREPARING FOR THE APCH; LOOKING FOR TFC AND MAINTAINING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS IN A MOUNTAINOUS AREA. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS TWICE IN THE PAST 60 DAYS ONCE IN VFR AND ONCE IN IFR CONDITIONS ENRTE TO AEG. DURING THE IFR ARR AND APCH; BECAUSE WE HAD TO SPEND SO MUCH TIME COMPLYING WITH THIS CLRNC WE WERE NOT ABLE TO MONITOR THE AEG CTAF AND AS A RESULT ONCE WE BROKE OUT AND WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL; WE HAD TO CIRCLE UNTIL WE COULD LOCATE THE 3 ACFT IN THE PATTERN AND SAFELY SEQUENCE OURSELVES. WE HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN IN THE PHOENIX; AZ AREA WHEN OUR DESTINATION WAS DVT (DEER VALLEY). AGAIN CENTER AND APCH ARE ASSIGNING A STAR FOR PHX DURING A HIGH WORKLOAD PORTION OF THE FLT. PLEASE TELL ME WHETHER THIS IS ALLOWED IN THE ATC MANUAL AND WHO CAN WE TALK WITH TO HAVE THIS PRACTICE DISCONTINUED.

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

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