Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25; Flight Crew Total 4385; Flight Crew Type 3774
Human-Machine Interface; Distraction; Communication Breakdown; Workload
ATC Issue All Types; Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Aircraft Equipment Problem Dissipated; Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach
Weather; Procedure; Human Factors; Chart Or Publication
On left down wind in IMC at 3000' to land at DAL. Advised runway would be 13L. Using iPAD; I was trying to find chart for 13L while being given rapid succession instructions by a very fast-talking controller. I was having trouble locating the ILS 13L chart from a long list on the iPAD while executing rapid-succession instructions and responding. Later; I counted 18 approaches in the list. When I did not get lined up on the localizer; controller instructed me to break off approach and climb to 3000'. I did not do so quickly enough to satisfy the controller.Second approach was made with a different controller who spoke slowly enough for me to understand and follow each instruction. By then I had opened the chart for ILS 13L on the iPAD and completed the approach and landing with no problem.As an aside; the next morning in preparing to leave; the person who was giving me my clearance appeared to be the first controller from the previous day. Again; she spoke so fast that in the dark I could not write the clearance as fast as she was speaking. It took 3 attempts.New SIDs; STARs and approaches had been put into effect for the whole Dallas-Ft Worth region just a few hours prior.
A Twin Comanche pilot became task saturated during an IMC arrival to DAL and was directed to go-around by ATC when he failed to capture the 13L localizer as cleared. Heavy radio traffic; a fast talking controller and difficulty accessing the correct approach page from his electronic tablet were cited as contributing factors.