PLT OF AN ATX SMT TWIN FAILED TO SEE THE TFC HE WAS INSTRUCTED BY TWR TO FOLLOW AND TURNED IN FINAL IN FRONT OF THE OTHER TFC.

Date: 1995-12 · Aircraft: Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-less-severe|conflict-airborne-conflict|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|other-unspecified

Synopsis

PLT OF AN ATX SMT TWIN FAILED TO SEE THE TFC HE WAS INSTRUCTED BY TWR TO FOLLOW AND TURNED IN FINAL IN FRONT OF THE OTHER TFC.

Narrative

I HAD BEEN VECTORED ONTO THE LOC FOR THE ILS RWY 33 AT ADS BY APCH. THEY HAD KEPT ME HIGH AND FAST FOR TFC. I HAD THE ADS ARPT VISUALLY AND ASKED THE TWR IF I COULD OVERFLY THE RWY AT 1800 FT AND ENTER A R DOWNWIND FOR RWY 33. I DID NOT WANT TO SHOCK COOL THE ENGS BY PULLING PWR OFF SO QUICKLY. I WAS DIRECTED TO ENTER A R DOWNWIND FOR RWY 33 AS REQUESTED. WHILE TURNING XWIND FOR RWY 33 I ATTEMPTED TO LOWER FLAPS TO SLOW THE ACFT; THEY WOULD NOT COME DOWN. I ADVISED TWR I WOULD NEED TO LAND LONG BECAUSE OF NO FLAPS. I WAS CLRED TO LAND BEHIND A CITATION ON A 3 MI FINAL TO RWY 33. AS I WAS PASSING ABEAM THE APCH END OF RWY 33; I SAW A JET ON FINAL AND PRESUMED IT WAS THE CITATION I WAS SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW. I TOLD TWR THAT TFC WAS IN SIGHT; AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER RPTED TURNING R BASE FOR RWY 33. I BELIEVE I WAS CLRED TO LAND #2 AT THIS POINT. WHILE I WAS DOING ALL OF THIS; I HAD CONTACTED OUR COMPANY DISPATCH TO INFORM THEM OF THE MAINT NEEDS FOR THE ACFT. OUR MAINT DIRECTOR WAS TRYING TO DETERMINE WHY THE FLAPS WOULD NOT COME DOWN. I WAS TURNING R BASE TO FINAL FOR RWY 33 WHEN THE TWR SAID I HAD TURNED IN FRONT OF THE CITATION I WAS SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED R OFF OF FINAL AND CLBED IN A 360 DEG TURN AS THE CITATION WENT AROUND AS WELL. I NEVER DID SEE THE CITATION. I ONCE AGAIN TURNED FINAL FOR RWY 33; WAS CLRED TO LAND; THEN WAS FORCED TO GAR DUE TO MY LNDG GEAR NOT COMING DOWN. I WAS ABLE TO LOWER GEAR BUT NO LIGHTS TO AFFIRM DOWN AND LOCKED. AFTER A TWR FLYBY; THEY VERIFIED GEAR OK AND I LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. I WOULD SAY THAT THERE WAS A MISCOM BTWN MYSELF AND THE TWR ON WHICH ACFT I WAS FOLLOWING FOR LNDG. I RPTED TURNING BASE BECAUSE I WASN'T COMPLETELY SURE THAT THE JET I SAW ON FINAL WAS A CITATION. IT WAS SEMI-HAZY; BUT I NEVER DID SEE THE CITATION ON FINAL WHEN I TURNED IN FRONT OF HIM. I BELIEVE I WAS DISTRACTED MORE THAN I SHOULD HAVE LET MYSELF GET WITH THE FLAP PROBS AND TRYING TO TALK TO OUR DISPATCH WHILE IN THE LNDG PATTERN. PLT FATIGUE WAS ALSO A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; I HAD BEEN UP SINCE XA00 AM THAT MORNING WITH ONLY ABOUT 4 HRS OF SLEEP DUE TO HOME CONCERNS. I HAD ALSO BEEN UP AT XA30 AM AND FLYING UNTIL THE AFTERNOON HRS THE PAST 2 WKS AND WAS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING PROPER SLEEP.

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