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Pit tower controller voiced concern regarding the ongoing problem with pilots misreading altitude assignment on PIT8.pit departure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 761825 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200711 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit.airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 1700 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : pit.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Beechjet 400 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Route In Use | departure : on vectors departure sid : pit |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local other personnel other |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller radar : 19 controller time certified in position1 : 11 |
| ASRS Report | 761825 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Situations | |
| Chart | sid : pit8.pit |
Narrative:
BE40 departed on pit 8 departure procedure. Pilot leveled at 1700 ft MSL. Local control #1 advised the pilot to climb. Pilot misread pit 8 and leveled at 1700 ft MSL. Initial climb should have been to 5000 ft MSL. More than 1 pilot has done this. The trend seems to be GA and fractionals; however; I have seen air taxi and carriers also do the same thing. This may be a result of how the charts are presenting the information and pilots not reading textual description completely.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PIT TWR CTLR VOICED CONCERN REGARDING THE ONGOING PROBLEM WITH PLTS MISREADING ALT ASSIGNMENT ON PIT8.PIT DEP.
Narrative: BE40 DEPARTED ON PIT 8 DEP PROC. PLT LEVELED AT 1700 FT MSL. LCL CTL #1 ADVISED THE PLT TO CLB. PLT MISREAD PIT 8 AND LEVELED AT 1700 FT MSL. INITIAL CLB SHOULD HAVE BEEN TO 5000 FT MSL. MORE THAN 1 PLT HAS DONE THIS. THE TREND SEEMS TO BE GA AND FRACTIONALS; HOWEVER; I HAVE SEEN AIR TAXI AND CARRIERS ALSO DO THE SAME THING. THIS MAY BE A RESULT OF HOW THE CHARTS ARE PRESENTING THE INFO AND PLTS NOT READING TEXTUAL DESCRIPTION COMPLETELY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.