1991-10 · NASA ASRS report 192256
ATCT LCL CTLR IMPLIED THE ALLEGATION THAT FLT HAD LANDED ON WRONG RWY FROM THE VISUAL APCH.
AFTER BEING CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH TO RWY 6R BY ANCHORAGE APCH (118.6); I WAS INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT ANCHORAGE TWR ON 118.3. ON MY INITIAL CALL TO (ANC) TWR; I STATED THAT I WAS CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH TO RWY 6R AT WHICH TIME ANCHORAGE TWR CLRED ME TO LAND ON RWY 6R; AND TO FOLLOW AN MDT THAT WAS 4 MI AHEAD FOR RWY 6L. I ACKNOWLEDGED THAT I WAS CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 6R. TWR THEN QUESTIONED ME ON HOW MUCH SNOW THERE WAS IN KENIA; AK; AND I REPLIED 4-6 INCHES AND WAS STARTING TO RAIN. WE CONTINUED THE APCH TO RWY 6R AND UPON ROLLING OUT; TWR SEEMED TO QUESTION MY POS ON RWY 6R. HE ADMITTINGLY STATED THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD CLRED ME TO LAND ON RWY 6L. I REMINDED HIM THAT I WAS CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH TO RWY 6R AND WAS CLRED TO LAND ON THE R TO FOLLOW AN MDT 4 MI AHEAD FOR 6L. I WAS THEN INSTRUCTED TO CROSS RWY 6L AND TO CONTACT GND TO PARKING. AFTER CONTACTING GND WE PROCEEDED TO PARKING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. I THINK THAT AS TWR CLRED ME TO LAND ON RWY 6R AND TO FOLLOW TFC 4 MI AHEAD FOR RWY 6L; HE MAY HAVE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD CLRED ME TO LAND ON 6L. THE QUESTION; TWR ASKING ME ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF SNOW IN KENIA; MAY HAVE CLOUDED HIS MEMORY ALSO AS TO WHICH RWY HE CLRED ME TO LAND ON. I DISTINCTIVELY REMEMBER BEING CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 6R BECAUSE I DIALED UP THE RWY 6R LOC AS A WAY FOR ME TO VERIFY WHICH RWY TO LAND ON. ALSO TWR HAD AN ACFT HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 6R DOWNFIELD AWAITING OUR ARR SO AS HE COULD CROSS 6R FROM TAXIWAY DELTA TO S AIRPARK. IN THE FUTURE; I WILL CONTINUE TO READ BACK CLRNCS AND OMIT ANY UNNECESSARY CONVERSATIONS WHILE ON APCHS WITH THE CTLING AGENCY.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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