"John Clonts" wrote in message
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Flying to Burnet, Texas (BMQ) the other day:

"Houston Center, 7nz request vectors-to-final Burnet GPS-01, or else
request direct JIBAJ for the GPS-19"

"7nz, you're number three, cleared direct Burnet, expect further clearance
2125"
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I didn't understand what he was telling me to do once I got there.
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About 5 miles from Burnet:

"Center, 7nz, unclear my instructions when I get to Burnet"

"7nz, fly the hold as published"

I read that back, but then looked on my enroute, and there was no hold. I
looked on my approach plates (GPS-1 and GPS-19) and there was no hold
there. By this time I'm just about to crossing KBMQ.

"Center, 7nz, sorry I see no published hold"

"7nz, sigh then fly heading 270, vectors to Burnet"

I then eventually flew one missed approach (GPS-19) then a successful
approach (GPS-1).

Afterwards it dawned on me that the published hold that he was talking
about was the hold depicted on the BMQ NDB-1 approach plate. The
NDB is on the field, but my mind had been in "gps" mode since I don't
have ADF in this plane.

So my question (finally!) is: was that proper of Center to assign me that
hold "as published"?


When the pattern is charted, all holding instructions may be omitted except
the charted holding direction and the statement "as published". He should
have said "hold southwest as published", not "fly the hold as published".
It would probably have also helped if he had previously said "cleared direct
Burnet NDB", and not just "cleared direct Burnet".