SMA PLT UNABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH TWR ENTERS TFC PATTERN. QUERIED ON FINAL THEN TOLD TO EXIT ATA. FINALLY CLRED; LANDS. TOLD NOT TO TURN ON RWY 13; DOES SO.
Synopsis
SMA PLT UNABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH TWR ENTERS TFC PATTERN. QUERIED ON FINAL THEN TOLD TO EXIT ATA. FINALLY CLRED; LANDS. TOLD NOT TO TURN ON RWY 13; DOES SO.
Narrative
WHAT I LEARNED ON MY VACATION! DON'T FLY IN SOUTHERN FL; UNLESS YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH LCL AREA AND PROCS OR ON AN IFR FLT PLAN. AFTER A VFR FLT OF OVER 6 HRS; I ESTABLISHED CONTACT WITH MIAMI APCH FOR LNDG AT FXE BUT HE WAS TOO BUSY AND TOLD ME TO CONTACT FXE TWR. ABOUT 15 MI OUT I STARTED TO MAKE CONTACT BUT THE FREQ WAS VERY CONGESTED WITH FOREIGN STUDENTS TRYING TO SPEAK ENGLISH AND OTHER TFC. I FEEL THE CTLR IGNORED MY TRANSMISSIONS. MY MOTHER HAD POTTY HER PANTS; I WAS TIRED AND WANTED TO LAND. I IDENT TFC TWR WAS TALKING TO AND ENTER DOWNWIND FOR RWY 8 FOLLOWING 2 OTHER AIRPLANES. ON 1 1/2 MI FINAL TWR ASKED NUMBER OF ACFT ON FINAL AND AGAIN I IDENT MYSELF AND WAS TOLD TO EXIT ATA. I MUST ADMIT; THE PRESSURE TO LAND; THE LONG FLT (STJ TO FXE); NEVER IN 25 YRS BEEN REFUSED TO LAND; I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE ATA ABBREVIATION I TOLD HIM I WAS GOING TO LAND. HE TOLD ME TO EXIT ATA. I TOLD HIM I'M GOING TO LAND NOW. ON 1/4 MI FINAL HE CLRED ME TO LAND BUT CALL TWR ON THE PHONE. I WAS KEEPING MY APCH SPD AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE TO MINIMIZE MY USE OF ARPT; BUT DURING LNDG FLARE FLOATED MUCH FURTHER DOWN RWY THAN I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED. DURING LNDG ROLLOUT TWR TOLD ME NOT TO ENTER RWY 13. WHEN I HAD AIRPLANE SLOW ENOUGH TO TURN OFF RWY AND WANTING TO CLR IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THE TURN I MADE WAS RWY 13 EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T KNOW IT UNTIL I MADE THE TURN. MY FIRST KNOWLEDGE WAS THE TWR SAYING I TOLD YOU NOT TO TURN ON 13. I MADE THE VERY NEXT TURN OFF WHICH WAS ABOUT 150 FT DOWN 13. CONTACTED GND CTL WHO ALSO WANTED ME TO BE SURE TO CALL TWR. I GOT AIRPLANE PARKED AND MY MOTHER TAKEN CARE OF; THEN CALLED TWR. THE TWR MGR WOULDN'T BE IN UNTIL MONDAY AND MAN I TALKED TO SAID THEY WOULD REVIEW TAPES AND CALL ME. I CALLED TWR ON MONDAY TWICE. FIRST CALL MGR WASN'T AVAILABLE. SECOND CALL MGR SAID HE WAS IN CONFERENCE AND WOULD CALL ME BACK WITHIN HR. TODAY IS 3/XX AND HE HASN'T CALLED YET. MY FATIGUE; MY MOTHER'S DURESS; THE CTLR IGNORING ME; NEVER REFUSED OP IN AN ATA; UNFAMILIAR WITH AREA AND LCL PROCS AND NOT BEING LONG ON FUEL CAUSED ME TO PRESS FOR AN INITIATED LNDG WITHOUT DECLARING AN EMER. AS FAR AS I KNOW I NEVER CREATED A HAZARD TO OTHERS IN THE AREA. IF CTLR ARE GOING TO USE CONTRACTION SUCH AS THIS WE ALL NEED TO BE MADE AWARE. INSTEAD OF SAYING 'DO NOT ENTER 13;' HE SHOULD HAVE SAID EITHER; CROSS RWY 13 OR DO NOT TURN ONTO 13. EVEN AT THAT I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS ON 13 UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE. I HAVE TO ADMIT I WAS OVERLOADED TO THE POINT OF NONFUNCTION.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.