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A home built harmon rocket fails to follow the clearance to the traffic pattern at fat, ca. Performance of aircraft was challenging to pilot.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 394210 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199802 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fat |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2500 msl bound upper : 2500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : fat |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Amateur (Home) Built |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 45 flight time total : 300 flight time type : 45 |
| ASRS Report | 394210 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Failure to maintain assigned altitude. Misinterp pattern entry instruction. First flight to fat in high performance aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A HOME BUILT HARMON ROCKET FAILS TO FOLLOW THE CLRNC TO THE TFC PATTERN AT FAT, CA. PERFORMANCE OF ACFT WAS CHALLENGING TO PLT.
Narrative: FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ASSIGNED ALT. MISINTERP PATTERN ENTRY INSTRUCTION. FIRST FLT TO FAT IN HIGH PERFORMANCE ACFT.
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.