A first officer with low time in his aircraft type reported difficulty flying an IMC rnd RNAV approa...

Attributes
ACN	1176386
Time
Date	201405
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	RND.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Light Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 136 Flight Crew Total 2081 Flight Crew Type 300
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

Starting down into the san antonio area; ATC started down with a tight crossing restriction on an arrival. Once being sent direct to a couple of fixes; we were then being vectored instead. Autopilot was not engaged. The captain setup the RNAV approach into rnd and we exchanged controls; so I could then brief the approach. As I briefed the approach; I heard a 'ding' as the altitude alerter went off at 400 ft below assigned altitude. ATC advised us to climb to 5;000 ft/assigned. Once stable; I finished the brief and took the controls back.next being vectored for the RNAV; we were assigned an intercept heading which made joining final require more than standard rate. I banked to try and intercept; but started to lose altitude in the process. ATC advised us of a low altitude alert again. The captain helped me at the controls and to get back to being stabilized. Once on stable; we followed the GPS and altitude restricts on the approach. Just before we broke out; ATC advised us once more that we were way off course on the non-precision RNAV. We broke out as they advised us and we told them we were stepping over to straighten up on final. The GPS indicated we were on course the whole time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A First Officer with low time in his aircraft type reported difficulty flying an IMC RND RNAV approach and experiencing both altitude and track deviations about which ATC issued advisories.

Narrative: Starting down into the San Antonio area; ATC started down with a tight crossing restriction on an arrival. Once being sent direct to a couple of fixes; we were then being vectored instead. Autopilot was not engaged. The Captain setup the RNAV approach into RND and we exchanged controls; so I could then brief the approach. As I briefed the approach; I heard a 'ding' as the altitude alerter went off at 400 FT below assigned altitude. ATC advised us to climb to 5;000 FT/assigned. Once stable; I finished the brief and took the controls back.Next being vectored for the RNAV; we were assigned an intercept heading which made joining final require more than standard rate. I banked to try and intercept; but started to lose altitude in the process. ATC advised us of a low altitude alert again. The Captain helped me at the controls and to get back to being stabilized. Once on stable; we followed the GPS and altitude restricts on the approach. Just before we broke out; ATC advised us once more that we were way off course on the non-precision RNAV. We broke out as they advised us and we told them we were stepping over to straighten up on final. The GPS indicated we were on course the whole time.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

A first officer with low time in his aircraft type reported difficulty flying an IMC rnd RNAV approach and experiencing both altitude and track deviations about which ATC issued advisories.