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TRACON controller clears BE20 for an approach. Aircraft drifts south of course, sees airport and cancels IFR. Controller finds out approach failed flight check and is unusable. Facility specialist advises of new approach procedure in effect with different initial approach altitude and new intxns.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 406419 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199806 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fft |
| State Reference | KY |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2700 msl bound upper : 2700 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : lex tower : ind |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Super King Air 200/Huron |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent : approach |
| Route In Use | arrival other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar pilot : private pilot : instrument |
| Experience | controller military : 4 controller radar : 13 flight time total : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 406419 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Deviation |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
| Navigational Aid | Unspecified |
| Publication | Unspecified |
Narrative:
King air inbound for fft, stated he had ASOS for fft requesting GPS runway 24 approach. Having control of aircraft, I descended them to 2700 ft MSL for the overlay approach. Aircraft requests direct to arnold. There is no intersection named arnold. Reviewing new approach plate, GPS runway 24 is no longer an overlaid approach and initial altitude is 3000 ft MSL. Aircraft had been cleared for GPS runway 24 fft below published altitude. Aircraft flies south course, sees fft and cancels IFR. Later pps at lex states GPS runway 24 had failed flight check -- not usage. No controller briefed or informed of new approach for fft. Pilot didn't know approach was unusable. Controller did not know new approach was available for airport he had control for. No current information is passed to controller work force about changes to approach information for our airspace.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TRACON CTLR CLRS BE20 FOR AN APCH. ACFT DRIFTS S OF COURSE, SEES ARPT AND CANCELS IFR. CTLR FINDS OUT APCH FAILED FLT CHK AND IS UNUSABLE. FACILITY SPECIALIST ADVISES OF NEW APCH PROC IN EFFECT WITH DIFFERENT INITIAL APCH ALT AND NEW INTXNS.
Narrative: KING AIR INBOUND FOR FFT, STATED HE HAD ASOS FOR FFT REQUESTING GPS RWY 24 APCH. HAVING CTL OF ACFT, I DSNDED THEM TO 2700 FT MSL FOR THE OVERLAY APCH. ACFT REQUESTS DIRECT TO ARNOLD. THERE IS NO INTXN NAMED ARNOLD. REVIEWING NEW APCH PLATE, GPS RWY 24 IS NO LONGER AN OVERLAID APCH AND INITIAL ALT IS 3000 FT MSL. ACFT HAD BEEN CLRED FOR GPS RWY 24 FFT BELOW PUBLISHED ALT. ACFT FLIES S COURSE, SEES FFT AND CANCELS IFR. LATER PPS AT LEX STATES GPS RWY 24 HAD FAILED FLT CHK -- NOT USAGE. NO CTLR BRIEFED OR INFORMED OF NEW APCH FOR FFT. PLT DIDN'T KNOW APCH WAS UNUSABLE. CTLR DID NOT KNOW NEW APCH WAS AVAILABLE FOR ARPT HE HAD CTL FOR. NO CURRENT INFO IS PASSED TO CTLR WORK FORCE ABOUT CHANGES TO APCH INFO FOR OUR AIRSPACE.
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.