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C525B captain reported he was confused flying into hou when ATC cleared him to another initial point on the same arrival.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1312818 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201511 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | HOU.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Citationjet (C525/C526) - CJ I / II / III / IV |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | STAR PLANB.WAPPL2 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 6200 Flight Crew Type 1500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
When flying into hou after having passed planb; ATC queried if we were direct wappl. We replied we were tracking to zebbb via coded arrival. ATC directed to continue current heading; and then cleared us direct to wappl (at the same time we reached zebbb). No further discussion was initiated. My reason for submitting this report was due to our inference that we were expected to fly direct to wappl after reaching planb vice flying the additional coded point (zebbb). Being cleared from one initial point directly to another initial point on same arrival can lead to confusion (there is only one intermediate fix between these points; zebbb; on the planb.WAPPL2 arrival. If this is normal practice; I recommend removal of zebbb from planb.WAPPL2.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C525B Captain reported he was confused flying into HOU when ATC cleared him to another initial point on the same arrival.
Narrative: When flying into HOU after having passed PLANB; ATC queried if we were direct WAPPL. We replied we were tracking to ZEBBB via coded arrival. ATC directed to continue current heading; and then cleared us direct to WAPPL (at the same time we reached ZEBBB). No further discussion was initiated. My reason for submitting this report was due to our inference that we were expected to fly direct to WAPPL after reaching PLANB vice flying the additional coded point (ZEBBB). Being cleared from one initial point directly to another initial point on same arrival can lead to confusion (there is only one intermediate fix between these points; ZEBBB; on the PLANB.WAPPL2 arrival. If this is normal practice; I recommend removal of ZEBBB from PLANB.WAPPL2.
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.