Fuerza Aérea del Perú Nº 365

Hi Jeff & Willy,

[Long Torturous Version]

My planned flight was from SKPI to a Waypoint near Santa Rosa direct to MER VOR direct to SKPS...

So I fly out from Pitalito on a 250° Hdg with the MER 284° dialed in on VOR2... intercept that and head to MER.

ADFs tuned to PSO and ORI

Fine all working when a few miles out from MER (of course idk how many miles and it doesn't matter as long as my southerly track to SKPS is clear of terrain) I decide to turn toward the PSO VOR (dialed in with a "TO" indication in VOR head 1) to "save" a few minutes by rounding off "a corner" ... start to track inbound to it... but my ADF is saying I need a more easterly track to go direct to the PSO NDB...

Keep tracking... keep tracking the NDB but the VOR saying I am flying further east (at least parallel to it as bearing to keeps increasing... not toward it like I should be). Check my ADF Freqs again (a second or third time) and finally realize the needle I am tracking inbound is to the Orito NDB (Orito was meant to be used to help I.D. my first waypoint) and not the PSO NDB (I have 2 ADF needles on one compass card). I haven't made that mistake before and dunno why I goofed it then, but embarrassing to me nonetheless. :redface:


[Reader's Digest Version]

I confused what ADF Needle was pointing to which NDB.


You guys sorry now you asked? (having to endure that explanation) :)
 
Bright side was you took enough "just in case" fuel.



Good job getting things back together after you figured out what was up.



Best of luck the rest of the way Rob!
 
salt_air said:
Bright side was you took enough "just in case" fuel.
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For General Aviation aircraft, I was taught at Purdue an absolute minimum of 60min @ 75% cruise.

That meant you were on the ground, parked, engine off with 60min of fuel remaining... it was a non-negotiable amount.

IIRC FARs state it's 45min IFR, 30min VFR. Mind you no way I EVER ran with those mins. Too many "fuel exhaustion" accidents in GA. Really should never been any fuel exhaustion that are pilot-related.

Here I've been trying to do about an hour reserve or so... please don't check that!


salt_air said:
Good job getting things back together after you figured out what was up.



Best of luck the rest of the way Rob!
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Thanks Austin... you too of course.

I know things happen here or there... a bit off course... not quite the altitude you should be at (or worse of course a violation or crash)

I also know that Aviating is about THINKING... thinking is the name of the game... keep thinking, keep reviewing, keep learning... so yes... that is what I try to do.

-Rob

I should have mentioned that was drilled into me (the THINKING) while I was at Purdue. During my commercial checkride I had a "slight navigational incident" ... I apparently wasn't where I was supposed to be or going where I needed to be going. Later on the ground the Prof. giving the checkride (some Prof.s were DPEs – Designated Pilot Examiners) said to me:

“You know… you got off course up there for a short while but I saw you keep checking the map working out where you were and then doing what you needed to do to get back to where you needed to be. So while not good to get off-course, you kept thinking and doing what you needed to do to conduct the flight. And the continuing to think was what impressed me.” Of course, all this time I am just nodding my head with the obligatory “uh-huh… uh-huh… uh-huh…” when I had absolutely no clue what part of the flight he was talking about.

At any rate… it was encouraging to hear someone say that and remind me to be persistent, never give up. Again I appreciate your words and reminding me what is important.
 
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