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An air taxi captain at 2;000 ft on approach to hpn misunderstood N90 vectors and turned to 170 vs 270 and then; in turbulence; descended below 2;000 ft causing a low altitude alarm.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1165159 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201404 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | HPN.Airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 300 Flight Crew Total 14000 Flight Crew Type 5000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
While being vectored to the ILS 16 at hpn; I miss heard a vector heading of 270 and descended to 2;000. I read back 170 and a descent to 2;000. While turning the aircraft in moderate turbulence to 170 and descending; I flew into a downdraft and the rate of descent increased and the aircraft showed a low altitude alarm even though I was able to stop the aircraft at 1;900 and climb back to 2;000. The controller questioned if we were having a problem and asked why we were not on a heading 270. We turned back and a new vector to the ILS 16 we were given with no further comments.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An Air Taxi Captain at 2;000 FT on approach to HPN misunderstood N90 vectors and turned to 170 vs 270 and then; in turbulence; descended below 2;000 FT causing a low altitude alarm.
Narrative: While being vectored to the ILS 16 at HPN; I miss heard a vector heading of 270 and descended to 2;000. I read back 170 and a descent to 2;000. While turning the aircraft in moderate turbulence to 170 and descending; I flew into a downdraft and the rate of descent increased and the aircraft showed a low altitude alarm even though I was able to stop the aircraft at 1;900 and climb back to 2;000. The Controller questioned if we were having a problem and asked why we were not on a heading 270. We turned back and a new vector to the ILS 16 we were given with no further comments.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.