SMA LNDG AT SPECIAL EVENT UNABLE TO TURN AS DIRECTED. ROLLS TO TXWY END; CROSSES ACTIVE RWY.

Date: 1994-04 · Aircraft: Cessna 195

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|ground-incursion-runway|other-unspecified

Synopsis

SMA LNDG AT SPECIAL EVENT UNABLE TO TURN AS DIRECTED. ROLLS TO TXWY END; CROSSES ACTIVE RWY.

Narrative

WHILE LNDG AT LAKELAND; FL; DURING 'SUN-N-FUN' SPECIAL PROCS; I COMPLIED WITH LAKE PARKER ARR (HANG UP YOUR MIKE; DON'T CALL US; MONITOR 127.7; ETC.). WAS INSTRUCTED TO 'LAND LONG; LAND PAST THE (TRIANGLE? DIAMOND?) IN FRONT OF THE TWR.' COMPLIED TO THE LETTER; LNDG ON THE NARROW PARALLEL TXWY (TEMPORARY 9L) IN A MODERATE XWIND IN MY CESSNA 195. CORRECTED A SLIGHT SWERVE DUE TO THE XWIND; AND WHILE STILL ROLLING AT CONSIDERABLE SPD; I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE CTLRS WITH ORANGE PADDLES; ETC.; AT THE INTXN AHEAD APPARENTLY STEERING TFC TO THE L. AS I ROLLED THROUGH THE INTXN I WAS ASTOUNDED TO SEE A CTLR ON MY R (BLIND) SIDE QUITE FIRMLY AND FORCEFULLY INDICATING THAT I TURN L. WITH 3000 HRS IN THE CESSNA 195; I NOW WHEN I AM GOING TOO FAST TO TURN (A GND LOOP WOULD HAVE BEEN INEVITABLE); SO I CONTINUED THROUGH THE INTXN. I PROCEEDED TO THE END AND CLRED AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE. SLIGHTLY SHAKEN; AND KNOWING THAT I HAD AVERTED A CERTAIN ACCIDENT BEING DIRECTED BY THE CTLRS; I WAS SOMEWHAT CHAGRINED TO REALIZE THAT I WAS NOW BTWN 2 VERY ACTIVE RWYS. NO CTLRS BEING IN SIGHT IN EITHER DIRECTION; I LOOKED DOWN THE OTHER RWY; NOTED THAT LNDG TFC WAS AT THAT MOMENT TURNING OFF AT MID-FIELD; AND CLRED ACROSS AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE. THE ONLY POINT IN SUBMITTING THIS RPT IS TO NOTE THAT HARD-WORKING; WELL INTENTIONED CTLRS; IN THE INTEREST OF EXPEDITING TFC IN A HIGH- PRESSURE SIT; COULD CONTRIBUTE TO AN ACCIDENT RATHER THAN AVOIDING ONE. I COULDN'T BELIEVE THE GUY WANTED ME TO TURN AT THE SPD I WAS GOING; BUT HE PROBABLY COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT I WOULDN'T FOLLOW HIS DIRECTIONS.

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