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Attributes | |
ACN | 1588704 |
Time | |
Date | 201810 |
Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.TRACON |
State Reference | US |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | IMC |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | King Air C90 E90 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Final Approach |
Route In Use | Vectors |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 1200 Flight Crew Type 200 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Miss Distance | Vertical 800 |
Narrative:
We took off in low IFR with the intent to reposition the aircraft to ZZZ. Enroute we were informed by ATC that the best course around a thunderstorm would be 200 miles north of our course. As we did not have enough fuel for that option the PIC decided to deviate and shoot an approach at ZZZ1. We were at 14;000 feet and only about 18 miles from the airport; in a rush to get set for the approach we descended through the altitude assigned by ATC to intercept the localizer. After 2 advisories of a low altitude alert by the controller we proceeded to go missed. Our climbout instructions were to maintain runway heading and climb to 3;000 feet. After the autopilot was kicked off the PIC became disoriented and we began a turn that developed into a 45 degree bank before it was corrected by the sic. We then received vectors back to [departure airport] and successfully shot the ILS approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: King Air flight crew received two low altitude alerts from ATC resulting in a missed approach.
Narrative: We took off in low IFR with the intent to reposition the aircraft to ZZZ. Enroute we were informed by ATC that the best course around a thunderstorm would be 200 miles north of our course. As we did not have enough fuel for that option the PIC decided to deviate and shoot an approach at ZZZ1. We were at 14;000 feet and only about 18 miles from the airport; in a rush to get set for the approach we descended through the altitude assigned by ATC to intercept the localizer. After 2 advisories of a low altitude alert by the controller we proceeded to go missed. Our climbout instructions were to maintain runway heading and climb to 3;000 feet. After the autopilot was kicked off the PIC became disoriented and we began a turn that developed into a 45 degree bank before it was corrected by the SIC. We then received vectors back to [departure airport] and successfully shot the ILS approach.
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.