1995-06 · NASA ASRS report 308028
PLT LANDED AT WRONG ARPT WITHOUT RADIOS AND TOOK OFF AND LANDED AT CORRECT ARPT WITHOUT RADIOS. BOTH ARPTS HAD CTL TWRS AND WERE IN CLASS D AIRSPACE.
DEPARTED WHITE PLAINS ARPT. 5-10 NM S OF BRADLEY; I WANTED TO LAND AND GET FUEL. I STILL HAD 2 HRS LEFT. I TRIED TELLING BRADLEY OF MY INTENTIONS AT WHICH POINT I LOST RADIO COMS. SLIGHTLY DISORIENTED I MISTAKENLY LANDED AT RENTSCHLER. REALIZING MY MISTAKE I TOOK OFF FOR BRAINARD. STILL HAVING NO RADIO I ENTERED THE TFC PATTERN AT BRAINARD. AT ALL TIMES LOOKING FOR A LIGHT SIGNAL. I SAW NONE. I TRIED XMITTING WITH NO LUCK. I LANDED SAFELY AND CALLED UNICOM AFTER JIGGLING THE RADIOS AND APPEARED TO WORK. I CALLED THE TWR AND APOLOGIZED FOR INCONVENIENCING THEM. I THEN SPOKE WITH BRADLEY APCH AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. BRADLEY SAID THAT NO RPT WOULD BE FILED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID HE WAS FLYING A 160 HP PIPER WARRIOR. HE HAD FLOWN FROM BEVERLY ARPT TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY ARPT TO THE HARTFORD AREA WHEN HE DECIDED HE WOULD LIKE MORE FUEL. HE WAS IN CONTACT WITH BRADLEY APCH CTL WHEN HIS VHF FAILED. HE MISIDENTIFIED THE RENTSCHLER ARPT FOR HARTFORD BRAINARD. SOMEONE AT RENTSCHLER ARPT TOLD HIM HE HAD LANDED AT A PVT ARPT AND MUST LEAVE. HE SAID HE CALLED BRADLEY APCH CTL ON THE TELEPHONE TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED AND THEY SAID NO ACTION AGAINST HIM WOULD BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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