2003-06 · NASA ASRS report 587883
AFTER INITIATING MISSED APCH TO AJO; C182 HAS EMER DECLARED BY ATC AND DIRECTED TO MARCH AFB TO LAND.
SOCAL ACTED VERY RADICAL AND QUESTIONED MY FLYING IN A VERY DISTURBING MANNER. THERE WAS NO NEED TO SEND US TO MARCH AFB BECAUSE WE WERE NEVER IN ANY FORM OF AN EMER OR DANGER (VNY WAS 18 MI AWAY). ON MAY/FRI/03; WE DEPARTED VNY; CA; FOR A VOR APCH INTO CORONA. AS WE GOT TO THE PDZ VOR; WE TURNED TO 070 DEGS TO INTERCEPT 078 DEG RADIAL TO BEGIN THE PRECISION APCH TO CORONA; WHEN I HEARD SOCAL ASKING ME TO DO 070 DEGS. I CONFIRMED I WAS DOING 070 DEGS. HE INSISTED TO RECHK THE DIRECTIONAL GYRO AND TOLD ME AGAIN TO DO 070 DEGS. I RESPONDED TWICE I WAS DOING 070 DEGS. WHEN WE TURNED TO 258 DEGS TO PDZ VOR; WE WERE AT 3000 FT ON TOP OF THE OVCST. WE INTERCEPT THE 237 DEG RADIAL OUT OF PDZ AND BEGIN OUR DSCNT TO 1490 FT. WE GOT VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE CORONA ARPT. CLOUDS THEN QUICKLY CLOSED DOWN ON US. WE STARTED OUR MISSED APCH. AT THAT TIME SOCAL SHOUTED; 'PULL UP; PULL UP.' I RESPONDED; 'I HAVE STARTED THE MISSED APCH AND CLBING.' HE WAS VERY EXCITED AND MADE ME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. WE WERE ON TOP VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE IT WAS A VERY THIN LAYER. I ASKED SOCAL TO VECTOR US TO ANOTHER ARPT IN THE AREA THAT WILL NOT BE BELOW MINIMUMS. SOCAL TOLD US TO DECLARE 'AN EMER' AND GO TO MARCH AFB. I RESPONDED 3 TIMES THAT I DID NOT HAVE AN EMER AND DID NOT WANT TO LAND IN 'MARCH' AIR FORCE BASE (IS ON TAPE). HE INSISTED SO WE DID THAT. AS WE CONTACTED MARCH AFB; WE TOLD THE TWR THAT WE DID NOT HAVE AN EMER. AS WE LANDED WE WERE APCHED BY FIRE TRUCKS; ARMED MIL POLICE AND THE ARPT MGR WHO WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS THE EMER. WE TOLD THEM THE ENTIRE STORY; THAT SOCAL HAD INSISTED FOR US TO LAND IN MARCH. HIS REPLY WAS; 'SOCAL DOES IT VERY FREQUENTLY AND WE DON'T KNOW WHY THEY SEND PLANES HERE;' WHEN THERE IS NOT AN EMER. NEEDLESS TO SAY; WE FELT VERY ANNOYED AND DISTURBED. I HAVE FLOWN FOR 28 YRS; AND 1173.5 HRS; AND I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A SIT SO MUCH OUT OF CTL BY A CTLR. WE DO IFR APCHS EVERY OTHER WEEKEND AND NEVER HAD ANY KINDS OF PROBS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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