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A C172 private pilot reports on confusion in the approach procedure during his turn inbound on the holding leg prior to GS interception.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 422630 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199812 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : alb |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2400 msl bound upper : 2400 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot instruction : trainee |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 260 flight time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 422630 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | observation : observer observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I was doing a practice hold on the localizer for runway 19. I entered the hold, flew outbound, and on the inbound leg descended a couple of hundred ft from the published hold altitude. I confused the fact that I would not have completed the hold at the inbound leg until I finished that leg, then requested vectors to final for the approach. Contributing factors were a lot of chatter on the frequency, and my safety pilot telling me to intercept the GS (or so I interpreted it).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A C172 PVT PLT RPTS ON CONFUSION IN THE APCH PROC DURING HIS TURN INBOUND ON THE HOLDING LEG PRIOR TO GS INTERCEPTION.
Narrative: I WAS DOING A PRACTICE HOLD ON THE LOC FOR RWY 19. I ENTERED THE HOLD, FLEW OUTBOUND, AND ON THE INBOUND LEG DSNDED A COUPLE OF HUNDRED FT FROM THE PUBLISHED HOLD ALT. I CONFUSED THE FACT THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE COMPLETED THE HOLD AT THE INBOUND LEG UNTIL I FINISHED THAT LEG, THEN REQUESTED VECTORS TO FINAL FOR THE APCH. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE A LOT OF CHATTER ON THE FREQ, AND MY SAFETY PLT TELLING ME TO INTERCEPT THE GS (OR SO I INTERPED IT).
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.