FAR. UNAUTH PENETRATION OF AIRSPACE; UNAUTH LNDG. PLT MISREADS CHART AND ATTEMPTS TO COMMUNICATE ON WRONG FREQS AND FAILING THIS HE ENTERS THE PATTERN AND LANDS ANYWAY.

Date: 1995-04 · Aircraft: Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-landing-without-clearance|other-airspace-violation-entry-or-exit|other-unspecified

Synopsis

FAR. UNAUTH PENETRATION OF AIRSPACE; UNAUTH LNDG. PLT MISREADS CHART AND ATTEMPTS TO COMMUNICATE ON WRONG FREQS AND FAILING THIS HE ENTERS THE PATTERN AND LANDS ANYWAY.

Narrative

ON APR/SAT/95 I DEPARTED BEVERLY ARPT AT APPROX XA15 FOR A DIRECT FLT TO NASHUA; NH. CEILING AND VISIBILITY WERE UNLIMITED. ATIS AT BEVERLY TWR ANNOUNCED THAT THE TWR WOULD NOT OPEN UNTIL XB00 SO; I ADVISED MY INTENTIONS OVER CTAF AND DEPARTED. I HAD NOT FLOWN INTO ASH FOR A WHILE AND CHKED THE CURRENT SECTIONAL AND NOTED THAT THE NASHUA FREQ HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 134.9 (FROM 119.7). ALSO; I NOTED THE ATIS FREQ TO BE 125.0 INSTEAD OF 125.1. ON A VERY CLOSE CHART INSPECTION I CAN SEE THAT THE 1 INCH 125.1 (ATIS FREQ) DIRECTLY OVERLIES ANOTHER STRAIGHT LINE MAKING IT EXTREMELY HARD TO SEE. ON APCH INTO THE NASHUA AREA; I LISTENED TO 125.0 AT ABOUT 12 MI OUT. UPON GETTING A NEGATIVE ATIS; I CALLED 134.9 AT 10 MI OUT. I ASSUMED THAT LIKE BEVERLY; NASHUA TWR MUST BE CLOSED UNTIL XB00 SINCE THERE WAS NO REPLY. I CALLED TO WHAT I BELIEVED TO BE CTAF AT 5 MI; AGAIN AT 3 MI; AND AGAIN AT SHORT FINAL INTO NASHUA. AS I TAXIED BY THE CTL TWR I NOTED THAT A CTLR WAS ON DUTY. I WAS INFORMED ON THE GND TO RPT TO THE TWR IN PERSON. I FOUND OUT FROM GND PERSONNEL THAT THE CTL TWR FREQ HAD BEEN CHANGED; BUT THAT CHANGE WAS NOT YET REFLECTED IN THE CURRENT SECTIONAL CHART. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE CTLR WAS HAVING A VERY BAD MORNING AND MY INCIDENT HAD FOLLOWED AN INCIDENT WITH A BARON. THE CTLR 'BLEW HIS STACK' AT ME AND I REMAINED POLITE DESPITE WHAT I WOULD TERM A REACTION BY HIM THAT I FELT WAS ABUSIVE.

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