A B767-200 crew, descending into london gatwick (egkk), misinterped a clearance, neglecting to hold ...

Attributes
ACN	539553
Time
Date	200203
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : egkk.airport
State Reference	FO
Altitude	msl single value : 4000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : egkk.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	ils localizer & glide slope : 8r
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : instrument precision arrival star : willo one delta (willow 1d)
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 13800 flight time type : 510
ASRS Report	539553
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airspace Structure Airport ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Approach controller at gatwick international airport, london, united kingdom, admonished us for not holding at willo as he'd expected, after which he provided vectors to the ILS runway 8R final. Our clearance was 'cleared to the london gatwick airport via the willo 1D arrival, willo.' we proceeded past willo and onto the initial approach portion of ILS runway 8R. There had been no issued instructions to hold at willo. Our mistake was to not hold at willo as per british procedure. It would help immensely to have a note on the approach plate or in our airport pages making it clear that you are expected to hold at willo upon receipt of clearance as in paragraph above. We scoured our pubs for help and found none.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B767-200 CREW, DSNDING INTO LONDON GATWICK (EGKK), MISINTERPED A CLRNC, NEGLECTING TO HOLD AS ATC HAD EXPECTED.

Narrative: APCH CTLR AT GATWICK INTL ARPT, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, ADMONISHED US FOR NOT HOLDING AT WILLO AS HE'D EXPECTED, AFTER WHICH HE PROVIDED VECTORS TO THE ILS RWY 8R FINAL. OUR CLRNC WAS 'CLRED TO THE LONDON GATWICK ARPT VIA THE WILLO 1D ARR, WILLO.' WE PROCEEDED PAST WILLO AND ONTO THE INITIAL APCH PORTION OF ILS RWY 8R. THERE HAD BEEN NO ISSUED INSTRUCTIONS TO HOLD AT WILLO. OUR MISTAKE WAS TO NOT HOLD AT WILLO AS PER BRITISH PROC. IT WOULD HELP IMMENSELY TO HAVE A NOTE ON THE APCH PLATE OR IN OUR ARPT PAGES MAKING IT CLR THAT YOU ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD AT WILLO UPON RECEIPT OF CLRNC AS IN PARAGRAPH ABOVE. WE SCOURED OUR PUBS FOR HELP AND FOUND NONE.

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.

A B767-200 crew, descending into london gatwick (egkk), misinterped a clearance, neglecting to hold as ATC had expected.