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Attributes | |
ACN | 334334 |
Time | |
Date | 199604 |
Day | Wed |
Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | atc facility : zdc |
State Reference | DC |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Night |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | artcc : zdc |
Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
Navigation In Use | Other |
Flight Phase | cruise other |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : atp |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 3000 |
ASRS Report | 334334 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | company : air carrier |
Function | flight crew : first officer |
Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
Events | |
Anomaly | other anomaly other |
Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Navigational Facility |
Air Traffic Incident | other |
Situations | |
Navigational Aid | Unspecified |
Narrative:
This report is general in nature. The following vors located in the eastern USA (specifically northeast) are un-navigable. I have used these vors for yrs and they do not improve. Many vors in the northeast are unreliable. Just talk to any pilot or ATC facility. We receive constant CDI deflection 1-3 dots left or right deflection. 117.7 bkw (beckly, wv). 116.8 psk (dublin, pulaski, va). 116.3 csn (casanova, va). Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: captain's aircraft type: MD80. Says numerous VOR stations in the east and northeast are unreliable. Many times the cockpit CDI will deflect left and right as much as 3 dots displacement. The identify signal may come in strong, but the actual course will vary a lot. With the autoplt on and trying to track the course, it will hunt and bank back and forth until the flight crew takes it off and resorts to using heading select to compensate for the poor signal. Reporter claims that pilots who regularly fly in those areas all know about the problem as well as the traffic controllers, but nobody takes any action. Reporter says that it is very frustrating to work with such poor vors and especially when no action is taken to correct the problem. Reporter claims that the problem is continuous and doesn't seem to be related to time of day or, as some controllers claim, magnetic disturbances. Several of the vors he lists are bkw (beckly, wv), psk (pulaski, dublin, va), and csn (casanova, va).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: UNRELIABLE AND UN-NAVIGABLE VORS. SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED ARE BKW, PSK, CSN. RPTR ALLEGES THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHERS, PARTICULARLY IN THE E AND NE.
Narrative: THIS RPT IS GENERAL IN NATURE. THE FOLLOWING VORS LOCATED IN THE EASTERN USA (SPECIFICALLY NE) ARE UN-NAVIGABLE. I HAVE USED THESE VORS FOR YRS AND THEY DO NOT IMPROVE. MANY VORS IN THE NE ARE UNRELIABLE. JUST TALK TO ANY PLT OR ATC FACILITY. WE RECEIVE CONSTANT CDI DEFLECTION 1-3 DOTS L OR R DEFLECTION. 117.7 BKW (BECKLY, WV). 116.8 PSK (DUBLIN, PULASKI, VA). 116.3 CSN (CASANOVA, VA). CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: CAPT'S ACFT TYPE: MD80. SAYS NUMEROUS VOR STATIONS IN THE E AND NE ARE UNRELIABLE. MANY TIMES THE COCKPIT CDI WILL DEFLECT L AND R AS MUCH AS 3 DOTS DISPLACEMENT. THE IDENT SIGNAL MAY COME IN STRONG, BUT THE ACTUAL COURSE WILL VARY A LOT. WITH THE AUTOPLT ON AND TRYING TO TRACK THE COURSE, IT WILL HUNT AND BANK BACK AND FORTH UNTIL THE FLC TAKES IT OFF AND RESORTS TO USING HDG SELECT TO COMPENSATE FOR THE POOR SIGNAL. RPTR CLAIMS THAT PLTS WHO REGULARLY FLY IN THOSE AREAS ALL KNOW ABOUT THE PROB AS WELL AS THE TFC CTLRS, BUT NOBODY TAKES ANY ACTION. RPTR SAYS THAT IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING TO WORK WITH SUCH POOR VORS AND ESPECIALLY WHEN NO ACTION IS TAKEN TO CORRECT THE PROB. RPTR CLAIMS THAT THE PROB IS CONTINUOUS AND DOESN'T SEEM TO BE RELATED TO TIME OF DAY OR, AS SOME CTLRS CLAIM, MAGNETIC DISTURBANCES. SEVERAL OF THE VORS HE LISTS ARE BKW (BECKLY, WV), PSK (PULASKI, DUBLIN, VA), AND CSN (CASANOVA, VA).
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.