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BE20 captain reported being held high for too long by ATC during a descent and approach into tix.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1298795 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201509 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | TIX.Airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Super King Air 200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 3500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
Orlando ATC [F11] kept us up too high as we approached tix for landing and when they finally started our descent it required 2500 FPM in order to get down to start the GPS Z approach. We set up the approach and were told to expect the GPS Z but we were on radar vectors at that time. The controller first said to proceed to fatad and we executed that fix; then he said go to cuton; but we had already accepted fatad and it was too late to put cuton back in the FMS so there was some confusion but we were almost to fatad by that time so we continued. About the time we reached fatad we saw the airport and were cleared for the visual and to contact the tower. No safety issues were encountered. However; keeping us high so long; then giving us a rapid descent; then transferring us to another controller; who was trying to 'play catchup' and get us in a position for the approach; put all of us in a 'catchup' situation and in hindsight for our part we should have called a halt to the approach and slowed everything down. Too many controllers and airplanes in too small an airspace around orlando.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BE20 Captain reported being held high for too long by ATC during a descent and approach into TIX.
Narrative: Orlando ATC [F11] kept us up too high as we approached TIX for landing and when they finally started our descent it required 2500 FPM in order to get down to start the GPS Z approach. We set up the approach and were told to expect the GPS Z but we were on radar vectors at that time. The controller first said to proceed to FATAD and we executed that fix; then he said go to CUTON; but we had already accepted FATAD and it was too late to put CUTON back in the FMS so there was some confusion but we were almost to FATAD by that time so we continued. About the time we reached FATAD we saw the airport and were cleared for the visual and to contact the tower. No safety issues were encountered. However; keeping us high so long; then giving us a rapid descent; then transferring us to another controller; who was trying to 'play catchup' and get us in a position for the approach; put all of us in a 'catchup' situation and in hindsight for our part we should have called a halt to the approach and slowed everything down. Too many controllers and airplanes in too small an airspace around Orlando.
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.