ULTRALIGHT DOES TOUCH AND GOES AT ARPT WITH OPERATING CTL TWR WITH NO TWR CONTACT.
Synopsis
ULTRALIGHT DOES TOUCH AND GOES AT ARPT WITH OPERATING CTL TWR WITH NO TWR CONTACT.
Narrative
I HADN'T FLOWN MY ULTRALIGHT (BASED AT CHANDLER ARPT) IN ABOUT 9 MONTHS. I FLEW E FROM CHANDLER TO THE E END OF THE VALLEY AND SKIRTED MY WAY AROUND WILLIAMS ON MY WAY E. I WANTED TO LAND AT WILLIAMS WITH MY ULTRALIGHT SINCE THE LAST TIME I LANDED THERE HAD BEEN 24 YRS EARLIER WHEN I GRADUATED FROM WILLIAMS AFB. I KNEW THE MIL BASE HAD BEEN CLOSED FOR 1 1/2 YRS. I ALSO CHKED A FREQ CHART AT CHANDLER ARPT; AND IT LISTED WILLIAMS MUNICIPAL AS UNCTLED WITH A UNICOM (122.4). MY MISTAKE WAS NOT LOOKING FURTHER TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREQ CHART. THERE I WOULD HAVE FOUND WILLIAMS GATEWAY WHICH IS WHAT THE OLD WILLIAMS AFB IS NOW CALLED. THE WILLIAMS MUNICIPAL UNCTLED FIELD REFERS TO THE WILLIAMS ARPT AT WILLIAMS IN NORTHERN ARIZONA. A NAME CHANGE FOR ONE OR THE OTHER MIGHT HELP IN THE FUTURE. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED AND NOT ASSUMED ABOUT WILLIAMS AFB BEING STILL SHUT DOWN. WHEN I FLEW PAST THE ARPT AND WHEN I CAME BACK AGAIN THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO ACTIVITY WHATSOEVER ON THE RAMP OR IN THE AIR NOR WAS THERE ANY LIGHTS FROM THE TWR. I DID 2 TOUCH AND GOES TO THE CTR RWY; FLEW PAST THE TWR; AND THEN RETURNED TO CHANDLER ARPT. UPON LNDG THE ARPT MGR TOLD ME MY TRANSGRESSIONS AND TO CALL WILLIAMS GATEWAY TWR WHICH I DID TO EXPLAIN MYSELF; APOLOGIZE; AND PROMISE NEVER TO DO IT AGAIN.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.