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Instructor pilot; flying as a safety pilot in a BE55; describes a loss of situational awareness by the pilot flying and an attempt to descend to minimums early. The reporter assumes control and returns to a safe altitude.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 992947 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201202 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Baron 55/Cochise |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 9000 Flight Crew Type 35 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
During GPS 24 practice approach the flying pilot lost situational awareness and started to descend rapidly thinking he was at the descent point. At first I thought he had a change of plan and was planning to land at a nearby airport. After a confusing conversation with ATC I realized he did not know where he was. At that point I took control of the aircraft and started a climb. Due to the confusion in the cockpit and windshear we got lower than I liked; about 500 ft AGL. A more complete briefing on the approach could have prevented this.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Instructor pilot; flying as a safety pilot in a BE55; describes a loss of situational awareness by the pilot flying and an attempt to descend to minimums early. The reporter assumes control and returns to a safe altitude.
Narrative: During GPS 24 practice approach the flying pilot lost situational awareness and started to descend rapidly thinking he was at the descent point. At first I thought he had a change of plan and was planning to land at a nearby airport. After a confusing conversation with ATC I realized he did not know where he was. At that point I took control of the aircraft and started a climb. Due to the confusion in the cockpit and windshear we got lower than I liked; about 500 FT AGL. A more complete briefing on the approach could have prevented this.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.