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Mooney M20P pilot refused to fly a heading issued by rdg tower because they were concerned about terrain clearance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1397742 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201610 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | RDG.Airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | M-20 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | VFR Route |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 2300 Flight Crew Type 600 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types |
Narrative:
I was flying into reading and both times they tried to vector me into the mountain. The story is that they can vector me below the minimum vectoring altitude (MVA) because I was VFR. It was bumpy and there was a lot of thermals. I refused to take their vector. They could have given me a vector across the airport but instead they vectored me into the mountain when I was at a low altitude. Even if the faah 7110.65 says that you can be vectored below the MVA if they don't give you a hard altitude what would they say on the witness stand if I lost an engine?
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Mooney M20P pilot refused to fly a heading issued by RDG Tower because they were concerned about terrain clearance.
Narrative: I was flying into Reading and both times they tried to vector me into the mountain. The story is that they can vector me below the Minimum Vectoring Altitude (MVA) because I was VFR. It was bumpy and there was a lot of thermals. I refused to take their vector. They could have given me a vector across the airport but instead they vectored me into the mountain when I was at a low altitude. Even if the FAAH 7110.65 says that you can be vectored below the MVA if they don't give you a hard altitude what would they say on the witness stand if I lost an engine?
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.