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A failure to note changes in the meas on an IAP to eug resulted in the two pilots aboard a PA22 descending below the MEA while flying an arc transition.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 997664 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201203 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | EUG.Airport |
| State Reference | OR |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-20 Pacer/PA-22 Tri-Pacer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 11900 Flight Crew Type 40 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Both the instrument rated pilot and the instructor missed a change to an old familiar approach. Neither of us had shot this approach since the change. The minimum altitude on the arc had changed from 3;200 to 3;700 and we both saw what we expected to see. It looked like a '2' to me until passing 3;300 when approach told us to maintain 3;200 (the MVA). Then I saw that it was a '7'. Another factor that may have had an effect was that we were both trying out smaller format electronic approach charts. From this I re-learned the importance of challenging each number on the approach chart to verify that they haven't snuck in a change.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A failure to note changes in the MEAs on an IAP to EUG resulted in the two pilots aboard a PA22 descending below the MEA while flying an arc transition.
Narrative: Both the instrument rated pilot and the instructor missed a change to an old familiar approach. Neither of us had shot this approach since the change. The minimum altitude on the arc had changed from 3;200 to 3;700 and we both saw what we expected to see. It looked like a '2' to me until passing 3;300 when approach told us to maintain 3;200 (the MVA). Then I saw that it was a '7'. Another factor that may have had an effect was that we were both trying out smaller format electronic approach charts. From this I re-learned the importance of challenging each number on the approach chart to verify that they haven't snuck in a change.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.