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Jax controller approved a short turn on to final for an aircraft; received numerous low altitude alerts and then had to resequence the aircraft for another approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1205806 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201409 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | JAX.Airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Other Instrument Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Approach |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 3 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Aircraft X checked in about 45 northwest of gnv; I gave the pilot arrival information to expect the RNAV to runway 11. I sent him to the 10 mile fix for the straight-in; the pilot requested direct to the northern t-fix so I approved it and descended the aircraft to 3000 feet. I told him to track the approach inbound; I didn't want to clear him at that angle because it would of been illegal. I was gonna clear him once I saw him established on the approach; but instead I cleared him a mile west of the fix. The pilot accepted the clearance; but later I got a low altitude alert on the aircraft; so I told the pilot the MVA and he climbed to 2000 feet. Soon after that I got another alert and the pilot did not appear to be established; so I gave him another low altitude alert. I also asked if he was established and he said no; so I vectored him around again for the approach; only this time he got vectors to final.I would either unable direct to the t-fix at that altitude; or vector the aircraft to final from the beginning.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: JAX Controller approved a short turn on to final for an aircraft; received numerous low altitude alerts and then had to resequence the aircraft for another approach.
Narrative: Aircraft X checked in about 45 northwest of GNV; I gave the pilot arrival information to expect the RNAV to runway 11. I sent him to the 10 mile fix for the straight-in; the pilot requested direct to the northern T-fix so I approved it and descended the aircraft to 3000 feet. I told him to track the approach inbound; I didn't want to clear him at that angle because it would of been illegal. I was gonna clear him once I saw him established on the approach; but instead I cleared him a mile west of the fix. The pilot accepted the clearance; but later I got a low altitude alert on the aircraft; so I told the pilot the MVA and he climbed to 2000 feet. Soon after that I got another alert and the pilot did not appear to be established; so I gave him another low altitude alert. I also asked if he was established and he said no; so I vectored him around again for the approach; only this time he got vectors to final.I would either unable direct to the T-fix at that altitude; or vector the aircraft to final from the beginning.
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.