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ATC vectored me into a mountain...was it my fault? (Read 214 times)

Jun 21^st, 2004 at 6:52pm

monkeyboy726 Offline
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i was flying a night approach to SFO with about 2 miles visibility. i had the descent rate set at -1800 ft/min becuase i assumed thats the standard for a 747-400. around 3000 FT i crossed over the Pacific coast of cali...(where there is a mtn. range along the coast) few seconds later everything blacks out and all i see is the "CRASH" banner Angry

. was it my error in the descent rate? or is it just ATC being unaware of the higher elevation..

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Reply #1 - Jun 22^nd, 2004 at 5:09am

Ivan Offline
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ATC likes to do that because it doesn't have SID(departure) procedures

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Reply #2 - Jun 22^nd, 2004 at 11:36pm

YodaNYC Offline
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Happened to me once on a flight into Palm Springs coming in from the West. No longer a problem since I now use FS Navigator and fly appropriate STARS into airports.

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