Retired airline captain discovers that single pilot operations in an unfamiliar high performance air...

Attributes
ACN	1200743
Time
Date	201408
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	OUN.Airport
State Reference	OK
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PC-12
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	FMS/FMC
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Flight Engineer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 25000 Flight Crew Type 7
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

After departure tracon cleared [me] direct to a fix on STAR. I miss entered the fix on garmin 430 GPS twice and had to be given vectors until I entered it correctly. This was my first solo flight in this aircraft and my first single pilot operation in a high performance aircraft. I have many years of airline flying but all in multi-pilot operations. It is important that any pilot who is changing the type of operation they operate in; especially in a new aircraft type get very familiar with the aircraft and systems. I made several mistakes that day due to lack of familiarity with the navigation systems and autopilot.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Retired airline Captain discovers that single pilot operations in an unfamiliar high performance aircraft can be challenging.

Narrative: After departure Tracon cleared [me] direct to a fix on STAR. I miss entered the fix on Garmin 430 GPS twice and had to be given vectors until I entered it correctly. This was my first solo flight in this aircraft and my first single pilot operation in a high performance aircraft. I have many years of airline flying but all in multi-pilot operations. It is important that any pilot who is changing the type of operation they operate in; especially in a new aircraft type get very familiar with the aircraft and systems. I made several mistakes that day due to lack of familiarity with the navigation systems and autopilot.

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Retired airline captain discovers that single pilot operations in an unfamiliar high performance aircraft can be challenging.