SMA X UNCOORD PENETRATION OF ISP ATA ARSA HAD CONFLICT WITH ACR Y. EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN. SEE AND AVOID CONCEPT. OPDEV.
Synopsis
SMA X UNCOORD PENETRATION OF ISP ATA ARSA HAD CONFLICT WITH ACR Y. EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN. SEE AND AVOID CONCEPT. OPDEV.
Narrative
SMA X CONTACTED APCH CTL GIVING MY POS (APPROX 15 MI TO THE SE) AND ALT (2000 FT) REQUESTING INBOUND WITH A FULL STOP AND IDENTING MYSELF AS A STUDENT PLT. APCH CTL GAVE ME INSTRUCTIONS FOR IDENT CODE; TURN TO HDG 300 AND MAINTAIN 1600 FT UNTIL NOTIFIED TO CHANGE. I ACKNOWLEDGED THIS AND COMPLIED. ABOUT 30 SECONDS LATER; APCH CTL CONTACTED ME AGAIN AND REPEATED THE SAME HDG AND ALT. AGAIN I ACKNOWLEDGED AND I WAS ON A 300 DEG HDG AND AT 1600 FT. AS I APCHED THE ARPT (IN-SIGHT) AT THIS POINT I WAS WAITING FOR A HDG CHANGE. NONE CAME. BY THIS TIME; I WAS HDG FOR A BAD POS (PAST THE DEP END OF RWY 6). THE ACTIVE RWY WAS 6. I NOTICED A TWIN ENG ACFT DEPARTING (THERE WAS TOO MUCH AIR TFC ON THE RADIO FOR ME TO CONTACT APCH CTL). I TOOK EVASIVE ACTION AND TURNED R AND CLBED. THE DEPARTING ACFT TURNED R AFTER TKOF. AT THIS TIME; APCH CTL TOLD ME TO SWITCH TO THE TWR FREQ. I CONTACTED THE TWR AND WAS GIVEN A POS FOR FINAL APCH. AFTER LNDG; THE TWR TOLD ME TO CONTACT THEM WHEN I REACHED THE HANGAR. I DID AND WE DISCUSSED THE SITUATION AS I JUST DESCRIBED. TWR SAID THEY SAW ME TAKE EVASIVE ACTION BUT GAVE NO INDICATION WHY I GOT INTO THIS POS. THE OTHER ACFT; ACR Y; MADE A COMPLAINT TO THE TWR.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.