AN SMA WITHOUT RADIO OR TRANSPONDER MADE AN EMER LNDG AT GRB. HE COULD NOT GET THE ATTN OF GRB TWR TO GET A GREEN LIGHT FOR LNDG.
Synopsis
AN SMA WITHOUT RADIO OR TRANSPONDER MADE AN EMER LNDG AT GRB. HE COULD NOT GET THE ATTN OF GRB TWR TO GET A GREEN LIGHT FOR LNDG.
Narrative
NO RADIO OR TRANSPONDER; BUT AN EMER. GOING FROM A PRIVATE STRIP TO ANOTHER PRIVATE STRIP AFTER A MISSED APCH; I REALIZED MY THROTTLE CABLE BROKE. GAS WAS FULL PWR. WITH A STRONG WESTERLY WIND 30 KTS AND UNABLE TO SLOW DOWN; I DECIDED TO GO INTO GREEN BAY ARSA AND LAND WITH A LIGHT SIGNAL FROM TWR. I CIRCLED THE ARPT TO L BUT STOPPED MY CIRCLING WHEN I SAW I WOULD GO TOWARDS DEPARTING ACFT. ROCKING MY WINGS; TURNING MY LIGHTS ON AND OFF; I GOT NO LIGHT. I LEFT THE ARSA ENRTE TO A PRIVATE STRIP. UNABLE TO MAKE A SAFE LNDG; I WENT BACK TO ARSA AND CIRCLED AGAIN. I WENT FROM NEILSVILLE TO PLAINSVIEW TO GRB TO POLAKS TO GRB AND LANDED. I WENT L AND STOPPED SHORT OF DEP RWY. THEN I WENT IN A COUPLE OF 360 DEG TURNS. THEN I FLEW (NO CLOSER THAN 1 MI) DIRECTLY TOWARD TWR; SHINING LNDG LIGHT OFF AND ON. THEN I WENT TOWARD N SIDE OF ARPT AND AROUND AND LANDED ON RWY 36; THE INACTIVE RWY. TWR NEVER SAW ME. I HAD TO TURN ENG OFF TO LAND. THEN; I PUSHED PLANE INTO GRASS OFF RWY AND TALKED TO SECURITY. TWR SAID THEY HAD W WINDOW BLOCKED FOR THE SUN SETTING IN W. WINDS TOO STRONG TO LAND ON SHORT RWY. I'M AN ATP PLT WITH 2800 HRS. VISIBILITY WAS CLR. I HAD NO RADIO OR TRANSPONDER.
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