A pilot on the N27 RNAV GPS runway 23 was issued custom missed approach instructions by bgm TRACON. ...

Attributes
ACN	1259661
Time
Date	201505
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	N27.Airport
State Reference	PA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Other N27 RNAV (GPS) RWY 23
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 1340 Flight Crew Type 130
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

I was as 6;000 MSL; flying heading 360; requested N27 RNAV (GPS) runway 23 approach into airport N27; IAF domvy; under IFR. VMC prevailed. High terrain south of airport. The published miss turns right; north; away from the high terrain. Approach controller overrode the published miss. Gave us this missed approach instruction instead: 'upon entering controlled airspace; turn left heading 060.' N27 is class G on the ground; has elevation 730 MSL; and has overlying class east starting 700 feet above the surface. MSL elevation of the class east floor is therefore 700+730 = 1;430 MSL. Terrain south of airport has a peak at 1;476 MSL; a peak at 1;327 MSL; a peak at 1;304 MSL; and a peak at 2;696 MSL. We flew the published miss. If it had been IMC and we had followed the controller's instruction; we could have been killed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot on the N27 RNAV GPS RWY 23 was issued custom missed approach instructions by BGM TRACON. If followed; the instructions would have led to a terrain impact versus the charted missed approach procedure which accounted for nearby high terrain.

Narrative: I was as 6;000 MSL; flying heading 360; requested N27 RNAV (GPS) RWY 23 approach into airport N27; IAF DOMVY; under IFR. VMC prevailed. High terrain south of airport. The published miss turns right; north; away from the high terrain. Approach controller overrode the published miss. Gave us this missed approach instruction instead: 'Upon entering controlled airspace; turn left heading 060.' N27 is class G on the ground; has elevation 730 MSL; and has overlying class E starting 700 feet above the surface. MSL elevation of the class E floor is therefore 700+730 = 1;430 MSL. Terrain south of airport has a peak at 1;476 MSL; a peak at 1;327 MSL; a peak at 1;304 MSL; and a peak at 2;696 MSL. We flew the published miss. If it had been IMC and we had followed the controller's instruction; we could have been killed.

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 pilot on the N27 RNAV GPS runway 23 was issued custom missed approach instructions by bgm TRACON. If followed; the instructions would have led to a terrain impact versus the charted missed approach procedure which accounted for nearby high terrain.