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Pilot of a cessna 182 diverted to land for an ill passenger and was directed to the nearest airport for which he did not have instrument approach charts. The ARTCC controller, who was also the approach controller, provided the essential approach information to the reporter and the approach was completed successfully.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 449511 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199910 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dbq.airport |
| State Reference | IA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zau.artcc |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : instrument precision |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 1350 flight time type : 25 |
| ASRS Report | 449511 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | cabin event : passenger illness non adherence other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : diverted to another airport |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Chart Or Publication |
Narrative:
While on an IFR flight, 1 of my 2 passenger became ill and needed to get on the ground as soon as possible to overcome severe motion sickness and migraine headache. Advised center of intentions to divert to nearest airport. Dubuque, ia, was closest airport. I did not have approach charts to dbq. The center controller gave me the localizer frequency, final approach fix information, and straight-in and circling minimum altitudes. The WX was 1400 ft AGL overcast with unrestr visibility. I elected to descend via the localizer and GS until we broke out at 1400 ft AGL. I don't' know how this descent was necessarily legal.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF A CESSNA 182 DIVERTED TO LAND FOR AN ILL PAX AND WAS DIRECTED TO THE NEAREST ARPT FOR WHICH HE DID NOT HAVE INST APCH CHARTS. THE ARTCC CTLR, WHO WAS ALSO THE APCH CTLR, PROVIDED THE ESSENTIAL APCH INFO TO THE RPTR AND THE APCH WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY.
Narrative: WHILE ON AN IFR FLT, 1 OF MY 2 PAX BECAME ILL AND NEEDED TO GET ON THE GND ASAP TO OVERCOME SEVERE MOTION SICKNESS AND MIGRAINE HEADACHE. ADVISED CTR OF INTENTIONS TO DIVERT TO NEAREST ARPT. DUBUQUE, IA, WAS CLOSEST ARPT. I DID NOT HAVE APCH CHARTS TO DBQ. THE CTR CTLR GAVE ME THE LOC FREQ, FINAL APCH FIX INFO, AND STRAIGHT-IN AND CIRCLING MINIMUM ALTS. THE WX WAS 1400 FT AGL OVCST WITH UNRESTR VISIBILITY. I ELECTED TO DSND VIA THE LOC AND GS UNTIL WE BROKE OUT AT 1400 FT AGL. I DON'T' KNOW HOW THIS DSCNT WAS NECESSARILY LEGAL.
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.