LTSS IN TWR CTLED TFC PATTERN DUE TO THE OTHER ACFT ERRONEOUS RPTING INTO THE TWR AT A LOCATION OTHER THAN WHAT WHERE IT WAS ACTUALLY LOCATED.

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

Anomalies: conflict-airborne-conflict|other-unspecified

Synopsis

LTSS IN TWR CTLED TFC PATTERN DUE TO THE OTHER ACFT ERRONEOUS RPTING INTO THE TWR AT A LOCATION OTHER THAN WHAT WHERE IT WAS ACTUALLY LOCATED.

Narrative

IT WAS A WARM SUNNY DAY AND EVERYONE WAS OUT FLYING. THE PATTERN WAS FULL; THE AEROBATIC BOX ABOVE THE FIELD WAS HOT; THEY WERE TOWING BANNERS; TFC WAS ARRIVING FROM ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS; AND THERE WAS 1 CTLR IN THE TWR. THE PROB AROSE WHEN THE CTLR GOT EXTREMELY OVERLOADED WITH TFC. THERE WAS SO MUCH TFC THAT FOR SPACING PURPOSES PEOPLE WERE MAKING 360 DEG TURNS REGULARLY. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT THERE WAS AN INCOMING SKYMASTER. WE WERE MAKING A R TFC PATTERN AND HAD JUST CALLED IN ABEAM THE NUMBERS REQUESTING ANOTHER TOUCH-AND-GO. THE CTLR TOLD US TO EXTEND OUR DOWNWIND AND THAT SHE WOULD CALL OUR BASE; FOR SPACING REASONS. THE SKYMASTER MADE HIS POS RPT AND THE CTLR PROCEEDED TO TELL US TO TURN OUR BASE. UPON TURNING BASE; SHE TOLD US TO MAKE A L 360 DEG TURN; DUE TO THE INCOMING SKYMASTER. AS WE BEGAN OUR 360 DEG TURN; WE SPOTTED THE SKYMASTER HEADED DIRECTLY FOR US. SO WE LEVELED OUT; KEEPING HIM IN SIGHT; AND CONTINUED OUR L 360 DEG TURN AFTER HE WAS SAFELY PAST US. AS WE LEVELED OUT; WE ALSO RPTED HIM IN SIGHT. AS HE (THE SKYMASTER) PASSED US; HE BEGAN TO GET MAD AND ARGUE WITH THE CTLR WANTING TO KNOW WHO WE WERE. THE CTLR PROCEEDED TO TELL HIM THAT HE WAS NOT WHERE HIS POS RPT STATED HE WAS AND THAT HE SHOULD NOT BE ARGUING. ESPECIALLY SINCE SHE (THE CTLR) WAS SO BUSY. I FEEL THE REASON HE WAS SO UPSET WAS BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE A VISUAL ON US UNTIL HE WAS ALMOST PAST US; AND I BELIEVE IT SCARED HIM A LITTLE.

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