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A commercial instrument rated pilot flying a PA31 on a cargo flight fails to follow ATC instruction resulting in a track deviation at bna.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 435478 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199904 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : bna.vortac |
| State Reference | TN |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | Fog |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : bna.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | PA-31 Navajo Chieftan/Mojave/Navajo T1020 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Navigation In Use | other vortac |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : instrument precision |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 2050 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 435478 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist controller : issued new clearance flight crew : returned to intended course flight crew : became reoriented |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I had done an ILS to runway 2L at bna and gone missed. I was getting vectored back around for another approach to the same runway. I was on an extended right downwind leg, probably about 5 mi off the approach path for the ILS runway 2L at 3000 ft and the RVR dropped below minimums. I told the controller I wanted to hold and wait for the RVR to come back up. He told me to turn left towards the NDB. I read back left turn but turned right approximately 60 degrees towards the approach course and stayed on that heading for about 1 min until the controller told me I should've turned left and to turn left. I did without incident. (I didn't know where the NDB was. I should've asked for a specific heading before I turned.) I was also distraction because of the missed approach and reconfiguring the aircraft for another approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A COMMERCIAL INST RATED PLT FLYING A PA31 ON A CARGO FLT FAILS TO FOLLOW ATC INSTRUCTION RESULTING IN A TRACK DEV AT BNA.
Narrative: I HAD DONE AN ILS TO RWY 2L AT BNA AND GONE MISSED. I WAS GETTING VECTORED BACK AROUND FOR ANOTHER APCH TO THE SAME RWY. I WAS ON AN EXTENDED R DOWNWIND LEG, PROBABLY ABOUT 5 MI OFF THE APCH PATH FOR THE ILS RWY 2L AT 3000 FT AND THE RVR DROPPED BELOW MINIMUMS. I TOLD THE CTLR I WANTED TO HOLD AND WAIT FOR THE RVR TO COME BACK UP. HE TOLD ME TO TURN L TOWARDS THE NDB. I READ BACK L TURN BUT TURNED R APPROX 60 DEGS TOWARDS THE APCH COURSE AND STAYED ON THAT HDG FOR ABOUT 1 MIN UNTIL THE CTLR TOLD ME I SHOULD'VE TURNED L AND TO TURN L. I DID WITHOUT INCIDENT. (I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE NDB WAS. I SHOULD'VE ASKED FOR A SPECIFIC HDG BEFORE I TURNED.) I WAS ALSO DISTR BECAUSE OF THE MISSED APCH AND RECONFIGURING THE ACFT FOR ANOTHER APCH.
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.