Intercept Airway or hold course? - I2 failure
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:24 pm
Today I attempted I2, which looked pretty simple.
Clearance Delivery told me to fly heading 175, then vectors to V23, then as filed.
Readback correct.
Tower cleared takeoff with no heading instructions.
So, I took off, climbed to 400 AGL, and then turned to 175, still climbing.
It took awhile to get switched over to departure. It happened eventually, and I got "Radar Contact," but no other instructions. Then the departure controller got really busy straightening out another pilot on a TEC route. Happens in real life too. I thought it was great.
The result of the delay was that the radial for V23 was starting to come in on my CDI. Remember, Clearance Delivery had cleared me with a heading and radar vectors to V23, then AF. The initial heading seemed to be working great as a vector, and the departure controller hadn't said anything to modify my initial clearance.
So, as the needle started to center, I turned to track V23. Oops. The departure controller said that was the wrong thing to do, and I couldn't continue I2. I didn't argue. He was busy, so I just disconnected to try again another day.
Is this correct, when I was cleared for V23 by clearance delivery and had no instructions from tower or departure? Would the real-world correct answer really have been to blow through V23 and then have the controller give me vectors to turn back around to intercept it again? Maybe I was confusing this with a "lost coms" procedure, but my reasoning was that in the absence of other instructions from ATC, I should just continue with the clearance I received from C/D.
Clearance Delivery told me to fly heading 175, then vectors to V23, then as filed.
Readback correct.
Tower cleared takeoff with no heading instructions.
So, I took off, climbed to 400 AGL, and then turned to 175, still climbing.
It took awhile to get switched over to departure. It happened eventually, and I got "Radar Contact," but no other instructions. Then the departure controller got really busy straightening out another pilot on a TEC route. Happens in real life too. I thought it was great.
The result of the delay was that the radial for V23 was starting to come in on my CDI. Remember, Clearance Delivery had cleared me with a heading and radar vectors to V23, then AF. The initial heading seemed to be working great as a vector, and the departure controller hadn't said anything to modify my initial clearance.
So, as the needle started to center, I turned to track V23. Oops. The departure controller said that was the wrong thing to do, and I couldn't continue I2. I didn't argue. He was busy, so I just disconnected to try again another day.
Is this correct, when I was cleared for V23 by clearance delivery and had no instructions from tower or departure? Would the real-world correct answer really have been to blow through V23 and then have the controller give me vectors to turn back around to intercept it again? Maybe I was confusing this with a "lost coms" procedure, but my reasoning was that in the absence of other instructions from ATC, I should just continue with the clearance I received from C/D.