 |
37000 Feet | Browse and search NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System |
|
Cessna pilot reported heading and altitude deviations on an ILS approach due to cockpit distraction.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1574563 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201808 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SJC.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Aircraft Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 28 Flight Crew Total 3314 Flight Crew Type 1130 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach |
Narrative:
I was hand flying on vectors for the ILS and intercepted the localizer and the glide slope and had the needles centered and [everything] was going great. The radio broke squelch and the noise was very loud. Since I have always flown very centered approaches. I thought I could divert my attention for a moment to deal with the radio. Wrong. When I looked back at the localizer it was almost full deflection to the left. I over corrected and flew across the localizer and then had the needle almost fully deflected to the right. I started correction and noticed I was below the glideslope and immediately added power and recaptured the glideslope. I was still IMC and thought it would be better to declare an early 'missed approach'; straighten things out and come back and try again. The tower did not respond and I saw the runway and said 'airport in sight' and no response from the tower. I called 'airport in sight' again and the tower asked 'if I wished to land' and I said 'yes' and landed without any further issues.the tower was upset that I called an early 'missed approach' 2 miles before the missed approach point; the swings and they were also concerned about the mountains on both sides of the inbound course. I was also aware of them.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Cessna pilot reported heading and altitude deviations on an ILS approach due to cockpit distraction.
Narrative: I was hand flying on vectors for the ILS and intercepted the localizer and the glide slope and had the needles centered and [everything] was going great. The radio broke squelch and the noise was very loud. Since I have always flown very centered approaches. I thought I could divert my attention for a moment to deal with the radio. Wrong. When I looked back at the localizer it was almost full deflection to the left. I over corrected and flew across the Localizer and then had the needle almost fully deflected to the right. I started correction and noticed I was below the glideslope and immediately added power and recaptured the glideslope. I was still IMC and thought it would be better to declare an early 'missed Approach'; straighten things out and come back and try again. The Tower did not respond and I saw the runway and said 'airport in sight' and no response from the Tower. I called 'airport in sight' again and the Tower asked 'if I wished to land' and I said 'yes' and landed without any further issues.The Tower was upset that I called an early 'missed approach' 2 miles before the missed approach point; the swings and they were also concerned about the mountains on both sides of the inbound course. I was also aware of them.
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.