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Pilot of PA46 neglects to reprogram his GPS when given a clearance to a fix other than he had entered.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 392026 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199801 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : fim |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 12000 msl bound upper : 12000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : ntd |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer II/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 27 flight time total : 1480 flight time type : 851 |
| ASRS Report | 392026 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
As I approached fim I was having difficulty hearing approach and also asking for approach's intentions for me past fim. As I was adjusting squelch and changing communication radios I heard that I was cleared direct to the 'cooga' fix. I had already loaded the GPS runway 26 to camarillo into my KLN90B. At that point I selected obs mode, set the course pointer to 247 degrees and changed the operating mode of the fix from 'direct' to 'active.' as I started to intercept the 247 degree radial approach called and asked if I was on the GPS approach. It was then that I noticed the 'active' fix was fim and not 'cooga' resulting in my starting to fly the intercept to a parallel about 7 NM north of the intended radial. Approach gave me a vector to fly and I reconfigured the KLN90B and completed the approach normally. Contributing was the stress due to communicating with approach, concerns about my clearance after fim, and fatigue after nearly 5 hours en route and failure to double check the fix activated after doing so. This is also the exact point at which control is xferred among local approach controllers. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states the aircraft was a PA46, piper malibu. This was his own error in not resetting the proper fix into the GPS. He participated in the GPS callback questionnaire/survey.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF PA46 NEGLECTS TO REPROGRAM HIS GPS WHEN GIVEN A CLRNC TO A FIX OTHER THAN HE HAD ENTERED.
Narrative: AS I APCHED FIM I WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY HEARING APCH AND ALSO ASKING FOR APCH'S INTENTIONS FOR ME PAST FIM. AS I WAS ADJUSTING SQUELCH AND CHANGING COM RADIOS I HEARD THAT I WAS CLRED DIRECT TO THE 'COOGA' FIX. I HAD ALREADY LOADED THE GPS RWY 26 TO CAMARILLO INTO MY KLN90B. AT THAT POINT I SELECTED OBS MODE, SET THE COURSE POINTER TO 247 DEGS AND CHANGED THE OPERATING MODE OF THE FIX FROM 'DIRECT' TO 'ACTIVE.' AS I STARTED TO INTERCEPT THE 247 DEG RADIAL APCH CALLED AND ASKED IF I WAS ON THE GPS APCH. IT WAS THEN THAT I NOTICED THE 'ACTIVE' FIX WAS FIM AND NOT 'COOGA' RESULTING IN MY STARTING TO FLY THE INTERCEPT TO A PARALLEL ABOUT 7 NM N OF THE INTENDED RADIAL. APCH GAVE ME A VECTOR TO FLY AND I RECONFIGURED THE KLN90B AND COMPLETED THE APCH NORMALLY. CONTRIBUTING WAS THE STRESS DUE TO COMMUNICATING WITH APCH, CONCERNS ABOUT MY CLRNC AFTER FIM, AND FATIGUE AFTER NEARLY 5 HRS ENRTE AND FAILURE TO DOUBLE CHK THE FIX ACTIVATED AFTER DOING SO. THIS IS ALSO THE EXACT POINT AT WHICH CTL IS XFERRED AMONG LCL APCH CTLRS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THE ACFT WAS A PA46, PIPER MALIBU. THIS WAS HIS OWN ERROR IN NOT RESETTING THE PROPER FIX INTO THE GPS. HE PARTICIPATED IN THE GPS CALLBACK QUESTIONNAIRE/SURVEY.
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.