A PLT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH A VFR DEP CLRNC; AND DID NOT ADVISE THE TWR BECAUSE HE WAS NO LONGER MAINTAINING 2 RADIO COMS WHILE IN CLASS D AIRSPACE.

1995-02 · NASA ASRS report 296990

Date: 1995-02 · Aircraft: Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer · Phase: initial_climb

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far

Synopsis

A PLT FAILED TO COMPLY WITH A VFR DEP CLRNC; AND DID NOT ADVISE THE TWR BECAUSE HE WAS NO LONGER MAINTAINING 2 RADIO COMS WHILE IN CLASS D AIRSPACE.

Narrative

2 SITS OCCURRED ON THIS REPOSING FLT FROM CDW TO TEB: 1) AFTER TKOF FROM CDW; REQUESTED IMMEDIATE FREQ CHANGE TO PICK UP TEB ATIS (THE 2 ARPTS ARE ONLY 10 MI APART) FREQ CHANGE; AND R TURN OUT; APPROVED. (I DEPARTED RWY 27; RWY 4 DEPS ; ALSO; IN PROGRESS. I ADVISED I WOULD CLB SUCH THAT I WOULD BE APPROX 1200-1500 FT; BEFORE PASSING BACK OVER CDW. AS I TURNED R; SAW THEM LAUNCH ACFT OFF RWY 4; AND I CROSSED; 500 FT. I WAS ALREADY TALKING TO TEB AND NOT IN CONTACT WITH CDW. I SUSPECT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SAFER TO REMAIN ON CDW FREQ UNTIL I CLRED DEP END OF RWY 4; THOUGH THAT WOULD HAVE MEANT LESS TIME THAT I HAD TO CONTACT TEB. 2) TEB ADVISED ME TO PROCEED ON L BASE TO RWY 6. I ACKNOWLEDGED. NEXT THEY ADVISED TO PROCEED TO L BASE RWY 1. I ACKNOWLEDGED; AGAIN. AS I APCHED THRESHOLD RWY 6; TEB TWR CALLED 'BEECH ABC CLRED TO LAND RWY 6.' I WAS CONCERNED THAT ANOTHER ACFT WITH MY 'N NUMBER' (LAST 3 DIGITS); WAS ON FREQ; (I WAS 'CHEROKEE ABC'). I ASKED WHEN THE CLRNC WAS FOR ME. NO RESPONSE. I CALLED; AGAIN; NO RESPONSE. I CROSSED RWY 6 APCH COURSE AND THEN I PROCEEDED TOWARD RWY 1. I THEN HEARD ANOTHER ACFT CLRED TO LAND RWY 1. I AGAIN CALLED TWR AND ASKED WHETHER I WAS CLRED TO LAND RWY 1. TWR SAID 'BEACH ABC' YOU ARE HDG THE WRONG RWY!' I ADVISED I HAD BEEN CHANGED TO RWY 1. I WAS THEN CLRED TO LAND RWY 1; STILL USING WRONG 'BEECH' CALL SIGN! I LANDED AND CLRED THE RWY; FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY A BIZJET. ONLY ON GND DID TWR GET MY ACFT IDENT CORRECT.

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

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