FAILED TO FOLLOW THE VASI TO TOUCHDOWN ON FAA FLT CHECK.

Date: 1988-11 · Aircraft: Small Aircraft; High Wing; 1 Eng; Retractable Gear

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|other-unspecified

Synopsis

FAILED TO FOLLOW THE VASI TO TOUCHDOWN ON FAA FLT CHECK.

Narrative

THE REASON FOR SENDING THIS FORM TO YOU PERTAINS TO FAR 91.87D(3). I WAS TAKING MY FIRST VFR 135 CHKRIDE WITH FAA AND A CHK AIRMAN ON BOARD OBTAINING CERTIFICATION AS WELL. THE FAA DECIDED THE RIDE WAS NOT SATISFACTORY; DUE TO THE FACT THAT I DID NOT FLY THE VASI DOWN TO THE RWY. WHEN LNDG WAS ASSURED; I PROCEEDED TO LAND ON THE NUMBERS. FLYING THE VASI ALL THE WAY DOWN WOULD HAVE SET THE ACFT 1000' DOWN THE RWY. I FEEL THE LAST PART OF FAR 91.87D(3) (UNTIL A LOWER ALT IS NECESSARY FOR A SAFE LNDG) IS AMBIGUOUS. THE WORD SAFE COULD BE INTERPRETED DIFFERENTLY. I FEEL IT TO BE UNSAFE TO LEAVE A 1000' OF RWY BEHIND YOU. THE FAA DOES NOT SEEM TO AGREE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CHANGE TO GIVE THE PLT AN OPTION DEPENDING ON EXISTING CONDITIONS. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WAY THE FAA DID NOT CHK THE 135 OPERATORS FILE ON FLT TRNING. THEY WOULD HAVE FOUND I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY FLT TRNING; ALSO THE ONLY TIME IN THE ACFT WAS .9 WHICH WAS THE LENGTH OF THE CHKRIDE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: SUSPECTS HE WAS USED AS A SCAPEGOAT AND THE FAA WAS NOT GOING TO RATE HIM W/O SOME COMPANY TRNING. BELIEVES THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE FLT WAS TO GET THE COMPANY CHK AIRMAN RATING FOR THE OTHER PLT. COMPANY DOES HAVE A TRNING DEPT PER 135 BUT FELT WITH HIS EXPERIENCE HE COULD PASS THE FLT TEST. HAS NEVER RECEIVED HIS RATING BECAUSE HE TOOK A JOB WITH ANOTHER OPERATOR. DURING THAT WK THE FAA EXAMINER CHKED SEVERAL COMPANY CHK AIRMAN.

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