 |
37000 Feet | Browse and search NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System |
|
An encounter with 'extreme turbulence' causes track and altdevs as well as descent below minimum safe altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 523980 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200108 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : mdt.tracon |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 2500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cheetah, Tiger, Traveler |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 680 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 523980 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude inflight encounter : turbulence other anomaly |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Environmental Factor |
Narrative:
Due to extreme turbulence I went below approach clearance altitude and below minimum safe altitude as well as drifted off localizer course landing at cxy.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ENCOUNTER WITH 'EXTREME TURB' CAUSES TRACK AND ALTDEVS AS WELL AS DSCNT BELOW MINIMUM SAFE ALT.
Narrative: DUE TO EXTREME TURB I WENT BELOW APCH CLRNC ALT AND BELOW MINIMUM SAFE ALT AS WELL AS DRIFTED OFF LOC COURSE LNDG AT CXY.
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.