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An ATP pilot with little experience in type and unfamiliar with the digital avionics suite in the turboprop STOL aircraft he commanded lost situational awareness approaching a high altitude airport in mountainous terrain and suffered a cftt event.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 916003 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201010 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | D01.TRACON |
| State Reference | CO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Flight Dynamics Navigation and Safety |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 7000 Flight Crew Type 20 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
I was flying VFR on top at 14;000 ft and asked to fly the lda approach to runway 25 at a high altitude airport in mountainous terrain. ATC instructed me to fly to an IAF. I did not operate the GPS correctly. I am new to the aircraft and new to this GPS. I got distracted and got too close to terrain. ATC instructed me to climb to 15;800 at [a] 360 [degree heading] that I executed.the aircraft is equipped with taws [terrain avoidance warning system] which gave me a perhaps false sense of security. Upon landing the tower asked me to call denver center. I called them and explained my error.I should have flown manually right away when I had problems with the GPS and not messed with it and gotten distracted and I should have fully informed ATC in real time of my situation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An ATP pilot with little experience in type and unfamiliar with the digital avionics suite in the turboprop STOL aircraft he commanded lost situational awareness approaching a high altitude airport in mountainous terrain and suffered a CFTT event.
Narrative: I was flying VFR on top at 14;000 FT and asked to fly the LDA approach to Runway 25 at a high altitude airport in mountainous terrain. ATC instructed me to fly to an IAF. I did not operate the GPS correctly. I am new to the aircraft and new to this GPS. I got distracted and got too close to terrain. ATC instructed me to climb to 15;800 at [a] 360 [degree heading] that I executed.The aircraft is equipped with TAWS [Terrain Avoidance Warning System] which gave me a perhaps false sense of security. Upon landing the Tower asked me to call Denver Center. I called them and explained my error.I should have flown manually right away when I had problems with the GPS and not messed with it and gotten distracted and I should have fully informed ATC in real time of my situation.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.