SMA X NON ADHERENCE TO ATC INSTRUCTIONS.

Date: 1993-05 · Aircraft: Small Transport; Low Wing; 2 Recip Eng

Anomalies: deviation-track-heading-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance

Synopsis

SMA X NON ADHERENCE TO ATC INSTRUCTIONS.

Narrative

SMT X WAS FLYING FROM OLATHE; KS (OJC) TO HUTCHINSON; KS (HUT). THE WX AT HUT WAS 700 FT; 7 MI MAKING THE ARPT IFR. I WAS VECTORED TO AN ILS RWY 13 APCH TO CIRCLE TO RWY 17 FOR LNDG. AFTER BEING CLRED FOR AN APCH BY ICT APCH; I WAS NEARING THE FAF AT WHICH TIME I ASKED TO CHANGE TO TWR FREQ. APCH TOLD ME TO STAY WITH HIM BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE A DOWN TIME ON ANOTHER ACFT. I ASKED IF I SHOULD CONTINUE; AND HE SAID TO CONTINUE BUT REMAIN ON APCH FREQ. UPON BREAKING OUT OF THE CLOUDS AND HAVING A VISUAL ON THE ARPT I TRIED TO CONTACT APCH BUT WAS UNABLE. I WAS APPROX 2-3 MI FROM THE RWY 13. I IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED TWR AND DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE ON THE FIRST TRY. THE SECOND TIME I MADE CONTACT AND WAS TOLD TO DO SOMETHING I REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND; THEN MAKE A GAR. I TOLD THEM 'YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING' AS I WAS ABOUT 3/4 MI FINAL TO RWY 13. SINCE I COULD NOT TALK TO ANYBODY I DID NOT CIRCLE TO RWY 17. I EXECUTED A GAR TO THE W AND CROSSED MIDFIELD FOR L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 17. JUST AS I STARTED THE GAR I SAW TFC ON FINAL FOR RWY 17 THAT WAS AHEAD OF ME ON APCH; FOR WHICH I WAS GIVEN A SPD RESTRICTION. DURING THE GAR I BECAME MAD AND TOLD THE TWR THAT 'THEY NEEDED TO GET THEIR CRAP TOGETHER.' I ENTERED DOWNWIND TO RWY 17 AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. I AM NOT SURE WHY 2 IFR ACFT WERE IN THE SAME AIRSPACE AT THE SAME TIME BUT A TRAGEDY COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WOULD HAVE BROKEN OFF ON A CIRCLING APCH TO RWY 17.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.