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TRACON controller described a confused navigation event when an aircraft experienced icing and had difficulty complying with ATC clearances.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1075112 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201303 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Approach Departure |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Landing Without Clearance Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
I failed to issue a new clearance limit to an aircraft. The aircraft landed without incident. A C182 had been in my airspace for about 20 minutes. During that time; he requested tops; altimeter; and other weather several times. I noticed him deviating from course and asked him. He came back and requested a reroute. He then deviated again a bit; and it seemed like he was having trouble with his GPS. He asked the wind at the airport; and I issued it. He told me he was iced up and wanted to land. I gave him a heading and altitude to maintain; gave him an approach to expect; and asked him to report the ATIS. My coordinator and I began to have a disagreement on the next action; so we argued a bit over it. The pilot started asking several questions about the approach; and it became clear that he was confused and not really sure what was going on. He did know approaches or runways; couldn't find the ATIS; etc. He was deviating wildly from the headings I gave him; so I started focusing on that while reading him the weather; explaining in more depth which approach to expect; and coordinating with another controller. At that time; we started a runway change. In all the time I talked to him; I forgot to actually clear him to the airport. Again; he landed without incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TRACON Controller described a confused navigation event when an aircraft experienced icing and had difficulty complying with ATC clearances.
Narrative: I failed to issue a new clearance limit to an aircraft. The aircraft landed without incident. A C182 had been in my airspace for about 20 minutes. During that time; he requested tops; altimeter; and other weather several times. I noticed him deviating from course and asked him. He came back and requested a reroute. He then deviated again a bit; and it seemed like he was having trouble with his GPS. He asked the wind at the airport; and I issued it. He told me he was iced up and wanted to land. I gave him a heading and altitude to maintain; gave him an approach to expect; and asked him to report the ATIS. My Coordinator and I began to have a disagreement on the next action; so we argued a bit over it. The pilot started asking several questions about the approach; and it became clear that he was confused and not really sure what was going on. He did know approaches or runways; couldn't find the ATIS; etc. He was deviating wildly from the headings I gave him; so I started focusing on that while reading him the weather; explaining in more depth which approach to expect; and coordinating with another Controller. At that time; we started a runway change. In all the time I talked to him; I forgot to actually clear him to the airport. Again; he landed without incident.
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.