Air carrier heavy aircraft on vectors to a military airport entered restricted airspace.

2009-06 · NASA ASRS report 839792

Date: 2009-06 · Aircraft: Large Transport; Low Wing; 3 Turbojet Eng · Phase: approach

Anomalies: atc-issue-all-types

Synopsis

Air carrier heavy aircraft on vectors to a military airport entered restricted airspace.

Narrative

Being vectored for the ILS 15 at Ft Hood Texas by Hood Approach we entered a live restricted area. Primarily I believe the Controllers experience with rotary and fighter aircraft left him unprepared to deal with a heavy aircraft. We were vectored to intercept the ILS at a near 80 degree angle and were not allowed to descend until far too late for a normal approach. We requested and were granted approval to pass through the localizer and re-intercept from the east; in order to establish a better angle as well as reach the intercept altitude prior to the FAF. It was as we were turning to intercept from the east that the Controller became concerned with how far we were going to be east of the localizer. This began a series of turn right/left instructions from the Controller that resulted in a generally straight track to the east. If left alone we would have gone approximately 3 miles east of the localizer as we were already headed back to intercept the localizer when the Controller stepped in. Instead by issuing several (4 or 5) conflicting directions the Controller - unfamiliar with the turn characteristics of a heavy airplane - sent us well into an active restricted area.

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

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