SPI ON SOLO XCOUNTRY WRONG ARPT LNDG.

Date: 1991-08 · Aircraft: Small Aircraft; High Wing; 1 Eng; Fixed Gear

Anomalies: deviation-track-heading-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-landing-without-clearance|other-airspace-violation-entry-or-exit

Synopsis

SPI ON SOLO XCOUNTRY WRONG ARPT LNDG.

Narrative

I WAS ON MY LAST SOLO XCOUNTRY AS A STUDENT PLT. I CALLED JOHNSON COUNTY (EXECUTIVE) TWR (OJC) AND GOT CLRNC TO LAND. COMING FROM THE SE I MISTOOK MY DEST (OJC) AS HILLSIDE (FARTHER SE) AND FLEW BY AND LANDED AT THE OTHER JOHNSON COUNTY ARPT (IXD) INDUSTRIAL. I WAS TOLD TO TELEPHONE THE TWR WHEN I LANDED. BY TELEPHONE THE INDUSTRIAL TWR WAS VERY HOSTILE AND SAID I'D ALSO TAXIED ACROSS AN ACTIVE RWY. ASK WHY COULDN'T I TELL THE 3 RWYS (IXD) WAS NOT (OJC). I THOUGHT OTHER 2 RWYS MUST BE CLOSED AND SO WERE NOT SHOWN ON THE MAP. EVEN THE HANGARS WERE IN SAME RELATIVE POS AND DIAGRAM (ON E AND W). AT DEP TIME AFTER THE CTL TWR'S INDIGNANT BROWBEATING IT BOTHERED ME SO THAT I FLEW A LONG WAY S TO KEEP OUT OF 2 MORE ATA'S ON MY REAL COURSE LINE. THIS TOOK ME WAY OFF COURSE AND TOOK A LOT LONGER BUT I FINALLY GOT BACK ON MY EBOUND COURSE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 186631: THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE SIMILARITY OF THE 3 TWR FIELD (IXD; OJC; AND GVW) S OF THE KANSAS CITY METROPOLITAN AREA HAVE BEEN MISIDENTED BY STUDENTS. WE BELIEVE THE STUDENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE INTENT ON USING BOTH THE VOR (OJC) ON THE FIELD AND NDB ON THE N END FOR ORIENTATION PURPOSES.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.