1993-07 · NASA ASRS report 246521
FREQ CONGESTION ON UNICOM HAS RPTR UPSET.
I WAS INSTRUCTING AT NORTH DALLAS FLT SCHOOL IN DALLAS (ADS) AND WORKING FOR MR. X. I REALIZED HE WAS PERFORMING MAINT ILLEGALLY (BECAUSE HE IS NOT AN A&P). I QUIT WHEN HE EXPECTED ME TO FLY THE PLANES AFTER HE WORKED ON THEM. AS A RESULT I TOLD ALL MY STUDENTS THEY COULD NOT FLY THE PLANES AND I CHANGED JOBS TO ANOTHER FLT SCHOOL. ON ANOTHER SUBJECT I HAVE ENCOUNTERED; MANY CLOSE CALLS AT DENTON (DTO) BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE TFC AND RADIO FREQ CONGESTION. DENTON IS AN UNCTLED FIELD AND THERE ARE 4 OR 5 ARPTS NEARBY ON THE SAME FREQ. DENTON NEEDS A DIFFERENT FREQ TO HELP RELIEVE SOME OF THE RADIO CONGESTION! CONTRIBUTING TO THE TFC PROB ARE: MCKINNEY ARPT (TKI) IS CLOSED TO TOUCH-AND-GO'S. HUDSON (HQZ) IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION; AND TOUCH-AND-GO'S ARE PROHIBITED AT ADS. AS A RESULT; MOST INSTRUCTORS USE DTO TO TEACH LNDGS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR HAS TAKEN CARE OF THE ILLEGAL ASPECTS OF THE FBO BY REMOVING HIMSELF AND HIS STUDENTS FROM THE SIT. USE OF THE FAA HOTLINE WAS SUGGESTED FOR FURTHER FOLLOW- UP. THE ARPTS ADJACENT TO DTO HAVE DIFFERENT FREQS FOR UNICOM. PROB IS THE CONGESTION OCCURS FROM ARPTS SOME DISTANCE AWAY; WITH OVERLAP OF COMS. RPTR STATES THAT MCKINNEY HAS BEEN REOPENED FOR TOUCH-AND-GO USE. IT WAS CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK. APPARENTLY HUDSON ARPT IS IN THE SAME STATE AND WILL BE REOPENED SOON. THIS TOO WILL HELP SPREAD THE TRAINING TO THOSE ARPTS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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