C182 PLT DSNDS BELOW LOC MDA WHILE FLYING AN ILS APCH WITH THE GLIDE PATH OTS AT ORL.
Synopsis
C182 PLT DSNDS BELOW LOC MDA WHILE FLYING AN ILS APCH WITH THE GLIDE PATH OTS AT ORL.
Narrative
UNFORECAST WX MOVED INTO THE ORLANDO; FL; AREA WHILE I WAS FLYING VFR. RPTED WX IN ORLANDO WAS 400 FT OVCST AND 1 MI VISIBILITY. UPON CONTACT WITH ORLANDO APCH; I REQUESTED AN IFR CLRNC TO THE ORLANDO EXECUTIVE ARPT. I WAS CLRED DIRECT AND TOLD TO EXPECT THE LOC BACK COURSE RWY 25 APCH. WX DETERIORATED TO 200 FT OVCST. A LAST MIN RWY CHANGE WAS MADE AND I WAS TOLD TO EXPECT RWY 7. I SET UP FOR THE ILS RWY 7 ORL AND WAS GIVEN VECTORS TO THE FINAL APCH COURSE. I WAS CLRED FOR THE ILS RWY 7 AND PROCEEDED INBOUND AS PLANNED. I BEGAN MY DSCNT AT GS INTERCEPT AND TRACKED THE LOC AND GS INBOUND. THE RWY ENVIRONMENT WAS IN SIGHT 50 FT ABOVE DECISION ALT. HOWEVER; UPON ACQUIRING THE VASI; I DISCOVERED I WAS WELL BELOW GLIDE PATH AND MADE A CORRECTION TO INTERCEPT. UPON LNDG; I DISCOVERED THE GS WAS RPTED OTS. WITH THE GS INOP; THE MDA FOR THE LOC APCH SHOULD HAVE BEEN 660 FT. THE CHAIN OF EVENTS LEADING TO THE FLT BEGAN WITH THE UNFORECAST IFR CONDITIONS IN THE ORLANDO AREA. I FAILED TO THOROUGHLY LISTEN TO ATIS AND OVERLOOKED AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF FLT INFO. THE CHANGE FROM THE LOC BACK COURSE RWY 25 TO THE ILS RWY 7 MADE ME COMPLACENT IN THINKING THE CHOICE FOR AN APCH TO LOWER MINIMUMS WAS THE REASON THE RWY CHANGE WAS MADE. I COULD NOT THINK OF ANY OTHER REASON FOR SWITCHING TO RWY 7 OPS SINCE ALL OTHER APCH MINIMA WERE ABOVE THE LOC BACK COURSE RWY 25 MINIMUMS. THE WIND WAS SOUTHERLY AT ABOUT 8 KTS. MY MIND WAS SET ON SHOOTING THE ILS APCH. IN ADDITION; THE ORLANDO APCH CTLR DID CLR ME FOR THE ILS RWY 7 APCH; NOT THE LOC RWY 7 APCH. MY RPT TO EXECUTIVE TWR WAS FOR THE ILS RWY 7; AND NO COMMENT OR CORRECTION WAS MADE. UNFORTUNATELY; I DISCOVERED THE ERROR AFTER I LANDED. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS INCLUDE THOROUGHLY LISTENING TO ALL ATIS AND NOTAMS REGARDLESS OF ARPT FAMILIARITY. THE LOC WAS TUNED AND IDENTED; HOWEVER THE GS CONTAINS NO SEPARATE IDENT. THE GS WAS SEEMINGLY FUNCTIONING PROPERLY PRIOR TO GS INTERCEPT; HOWEVER; I DID NOT NOTICE IF I RECEIVED A NAV FLAG AFTER PASSING THE OM. LACK OF CTLR SPECIFICITY REGARDING THE APCH I WAS TO FLY WAS ALSO A FACTOR.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.