Approach controller cleared two aircraft to a 'T' fix on an RNAV procedure only to later discover th...

Narrative:

Two aircraft requested IFR practice approaches to the airport. Both wanted the RNAV 4L approach with missed approach clearances. There was little sequencing that needed to be done. However according to the flips today the approach plates changed dramatically. I cleared both aircraft to the east side T fix abcde and issued an approach clearance. I even referenced the saids approach plate to ensure accuracy. According to the new flips that T fix no longer exists. Later in the day I became aware of this and notified management who had no idea there was changes. In fact no one at the facility had any idea that there was a change. There was also nothing in any briefing items notifying any change. Notify controllers when there are significant changes to instrument approaches.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Approach Controller cleared two aircraft to a 'T' fix on an RNAV procedure only to later discover that the 'T' fix was removed from the approach on a recent procedural change.

Narrative: Two aircraft requested IFR practice approaches to the airport. Both wanted the RNAV 4L approach with missed approach clearances. There was little sequencing that needed to be done. However according to the flips today the approach plates changed dramatically. I cleared both aircraft to the east side T fix ABCDE and issued an approach clearance. I even referenced the SAIDS approach plate to ensure accuracy. According to the new flips that T fix no longer exists. Later in the day I became aware of this and notified management who had no idea there was changes. In fact no one at the facility had any idea that there was a change. There was also nothing in any briefing items notifying any change. Notify controllers when there are significant changes to instrument approaches.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1037675
Time
Date	201209
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Approach Departure
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown

Approach controller cleared two aircraft to a 'T' fix on an RNAV procedure only to later discover that the 'T' fix was removed from the approach on a recent procedural change.