<< >> NASA ASRS Report 422630, December 1998

A C172 private pilot reports on confusion in the approach procedure during his turn inbound on the holding leg prior to GS interception.

Attributes
ACN	422630
Time
Date	199812
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : alb
State Reference	NY
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2400 msl bound upper : 2400
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 260 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	422630
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	observation : observer observation : passenger
Events
Anomaly	altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was doing a practice hold on the localizer for runway 19. I entered the hold, flew outbound, and on the inbound leg descended a couple of hundred ft from the published hold altitude. I confused the fact that I would not have completed the hold at the inbound leg until I finished that leg, then requested vectors to final for the approach. Contributing factors were a lot of chatter on the frequency, and my safety pilot telling me to intercept the GS (or so I interpreted it).

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C172 PVT PLT RPTS ON CONFUSION IN THE APCH PROC DURING HIS TURN INBOUND ON THE HOLDING LEG PRIOR TO GS INTERCEPTION.

Narrative: I WAS DOING A PRACTICE HOLD ON THE LOC FOR RWY 19. I ENTERED THE HOLD, FLEW OUTBOUND, AND ON THE INBOUND LEG DSNDED A COUPLE OF HUNDRED FT FROM THE PUBLISHED HOLD ALT. I CONFUSED THE FACT THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE COMPLETED THE HOLD AT THE INBOUND LEG UNTIL I FINISHED THAT LEG, THEN REQUESTED VECTORS TO FINAL FOR THE APCH. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE A LOT OF CHATTER ON THE FREQ, AND MY SAFETY PLT TELLING ME TO INTERCEPT THE GS (OR SO I INTERPED IT).

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.