Narrative:

Aircraft departed to lny on an IFR flight plan. I took the handoff with the aircraft level at 8;000 feet and direct to the VORTAC. Passing the 7;400 mia (minimum IFR altitude) airspace I issued the following clearance. 'Cross lny VORTAC at or above 5;000 cleared for the ILS runway 3 approach to lny airport; report procedure turn inbound.' the pilot whom spoke broken english read back the clearance with a minor mistake. I clarified the clearance speaking slow and clear until he read back the clearance correctly. The initial approach fix begins 2.9 miles past the VORTAC and the approach chart does depict 3;000 feet to a fix than 217 heading. The procedure also indicated to remain within 10 miles of the fix and to maintain at or above 2;600 feet until established on the localizer. I witnessed the pilot vacate 8;000 feet for 5;000 feet prior to the VORTAC and after the VORTAC he began a descent as I would had expected. Shortly after passing the initial approach fix within a mile; the pilot turns right; again as expected for a 45 degree turn to initiate a procedure turn; but he continued a right turn to a heading of approximately 050 and descending to 2;200 feet. The MSAW starts chiming and I asked the pilot to verify that he was on the procedure turn and that he should be making a left turn. The pilot is now in a 4;000 foot mia and within 5 miles of the airport. I call the airport 12 o'clock 5 miles report airport in sight for a visual. The pilot says nothing; so I restate the location of the airport. He calls airport in sight and I issue the visual approach along with a radar service terminated and report cancellation of IFR this frequency or with radio; frequency change approved. The pilot then states they would like to cancel at this point; so I terminated IFR and had him change frequency.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: HCF TRACON Controller reported a pilot deviated from the issued clearance and operated below the Minimum IFR Altitude during approach to LNY airport.

Narrative: Aircraft departed to LNY on an IFR flight plan. I took the handoff with the aircraft level at 8;000 feet and direct to the VORTAC. Passing the 7;400 MIA (Minimum IFR Altitude) airspace I issued the following clearance. 'Cross LNY VORTAC at or above 5;000 cleared for the ILS Runway 3 approach to LNY airport; report procedure turn inbound.' The pilot whom spoke broken English read back the clearance with a minor mistake. I clarified the clearance speaking slow and clear until he read back the clearance correctly. The initial approach fix begins 2.9 miles past the VORTAC and the approach chart does depict 3;000 feet to a fix than 217 heading. The procedure also indicated to remain within 10 miles of the fix and to maintain at or above 2;600 feet until established on the Localizer. I witnessed the pilot vacate 8;000 feet for 5;000 feet prior to the VORTAC and after the VORTAC he began a descent as I would had expected. Shortly after passing the Initial Approach Fix within a mile; the pilot turns right; again as expected for a 45 degree turn to initiate a procedure turn; but he continued a right turn to a heading of approximately 050 and descending to 2;200 feet. The MSAW starts chiming and I asked the pilot to verify that he was on the procedure turn and that he should be making a left turn. The pilot is now in a 4;000 foot MIA and within 5 miles of the airport. I call the airport 12 o'clock 5 miles report airport in sight for a visual. The pilot says nothing; so I restate the location of the airport. He calls airport in sight and I issue the Visual Approach along with a radar service terminated and report cancellation of IFR this frequency or with radio; frequency change approved. The pilot then states they would like to cancel at this point; so I terminated IFR and had him change frequency.

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.