B757 flight crew discovers that landing straight in on runway 28 at hdn while complying with the VOR...

Narrative:

We were proceeding visually to runway 28 in hdn. The first officer had briefed and was following the VOR DME-B procedure to the hdn airport. As we passed hirtu intersection at 9;300 ft it became increasing clear that we were too high to continue the approach. The first officer called for a go-around and commenced a VFR traffic pattern to the south. I called the CTAF and advised local traffic of our intentions. While on downwind a regional flight waiting to depart advised us the den center was looking for us on 120.47. I contacted den center and advised the controller of our go-around. He stated that we needed to have contacted him in a more timely manner as without our IFR cancellation he could not let another air carrier proceed to hdn. I offered an apology for my omission and we continued our approach to hdn and landed without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 flight crew discovers that landing straight in on Runway 28 at HDN while complying with the VOR DME-B step down fixes is very difficult. A go around ensues and the crew forgets to advise Center.

Narrative: We were proceeding visually to Runway 28 in HDN. The First Officer had briefed and was following the VOR DME-B procedure to the HDN airport. As we passed Hirtu Intersection at 9;300 FT it became increasing clear that we were too high to continue the approach. The First Officer called for a go-around and commenced a VFR traffic pattern to the south. I called the CTAF and advised local traffic of our intentions. While on downwind a regional flight waiting to depart advised us the DEN Center was looking for us on 120.47. I contacted DEN Center and advised the Controller of our go-around. He stated that we needed to have contacted him in a more timely manner as without our IFR cancellation he could not let another air carrier proceed to HDN. I offered an apology for my omission and we continued our approach to HDN and landed without incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	941626
Time
Date	201104
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	HDN.Airport
State Reference	CO
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach

B757 flight crew discovers that landing straight in on runway 28 at hdn while complying with the VOR DME-B step down fixes is very difficult. A go around ensues and the crew forgets to advise center.