1992-02 · NASA ASRS report 201129
SMA X NON ADHERENCE TO ATC CLRNC MADE TOUCH AND GO LNDG WHEN CLRED TO LAND. PLTDEV.
I WAS CFI ON TRAINING FLT. SMA X APCHING BJC ATA FROM THE S. STUDENT RADIO/COMMUNICATED TO BJC WE WERE INBOUND FROM THE S AND BJC CAME BACK TO REMAIN CLR OF ATA UNTIL THEY CALLED. WE DID 360 DEG HOLDS FOR ABOUT 3-4 MINS OUTSIDE ATA. BJC WORKLOAD WAS VERY HVY. UPON CALLBACK TO US WE WERE TOLD TO RPT R DOWNWIND FOR RWY 11R; I ACKNOWLEDGED AND ALSO ADDED IT WAS A TOUCH AND GO. WE WERE TOLD TO FOLLOW TFC THAT WAS ALSO TOUCH AND GO ON RWY 11R. SEQUENCE TO LAND AND LNDG AND RETKOF WERE UNEVENTFUL. ON THE UPWIND LEG I REQUESTED TO DEPART THE PATTERN TO THE S. THE CTLR CAME BACK WITH; HE WAS EXPECTING US TO MAKE A FULL STOP. ODD I THOUGHT HE WAS EXPECTING A FULL STOP WHEN NOT ONLY I SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED TOUCH AND GO; AND ALSO RWY 11R IS THE PRIMARY TOUCH AND GO RWY WITH R TFC. HAS BEEN FOR THE 13 YRS I'VE FLOWN IN THE AREA. I AGAIN REQUESTED TO DEPART THE ATA TO THE S; AND WAS AGAIN QUERIED ON MY NOT COMING TO A FULL STOP AND IF I UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS. I INDEED DO AND STATED SUCH. THE CTLR THEN WENT ON TO DIRECT TFC STILL NOT WANTING TO GRANT OUR REQUEST FOR THE S DEP WHICH SINCE BY THAT TIME WE HAD ALMOST FLOWN OUT OF THE ATA TO THE S ANYHOW ON THE XWIND. WE PROCEEDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THIS CTLR WAS EXTREMELY ABRASIVE AND I CAN NOT FIGURE OUT WHY WE WOULD HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM FOR NOT STOPPING. REQUESTED A TOUCH AND GO AND ASSUMED A 'CLRED TO LAND' WAS PERMISSION TO COMPLETE WHAT WAS REQUESTED.
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