THE BN2A LANDED ON A CLOSED RWY AFTER RECEIVING CLRNC TO LAND ON IT BY THE TWR. APCH CTL HAD ISSUED APCH INSTRUCTIONS FOR RWY 8.

Date: 1996-03 · Aircraft: BN-2A Islander/Defender

Anomalies: other-unspecified

Synopsis

THE BN2A LANDED ON A CLOSED RWY AFTER RECEIVING CLRNC TO LAND ON IT BY THE TWR. APCH CTL HAD ISSUED APCH INSTRUCTIONS FOR RWY 8.

Narrative

AT SJU TWR RWY 10 THE DESIGNATED LNDG RWY WAS CLOSED DUE TO CONSTRUCTION N OF IT AND NOTAMED CLOSED; ALSO ON ATIS. ACFT X INBOUND CLRED TO LAND RWY 10 BY LCL CTLR. THE CTLR WAS UNAWARE HE HAD CLRED THE ACFT TO LAND RWY 10. HE THOUGHT HE HAD SAID CLRED TO LAND RWY 8. CTLR COULD NOT DISTINGUISH THAT THE ACFT MADE HIS APCH TO RWY 10 INSTEAD OF RWY 8 SINCE HE WAS ON A CLOSE IN R BASE AT NIGHT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 331117: AFTER COMMUNICATING WITH SJU INTL ARPT APCH CTL AND GIVEN RWY 8 FOR LNDG; SJU CTL TWR GAVE ME RWY 10 FOR LNDG. THE CTLR CHANGED RWYS. AFTER VERIFY AND CONFIRM THAT THE TWR INDICATED RWY 10 FOR LNDG; I LANDED THE ACFT ON RWY 10 AS INDICATED BY ATC. AFTER LNDG AND EXITING THE RWY; PORT AUTH PERSONNEL APCHED THE ACFT INDICATING THAT I LANDED IN A CLOSED RWY. I INDICATED THAT THE TWR TOLD ME TO LAND IN THAT RWY 10. PORT AUTH PERSONNEL INDICATED THAT THEY WILL MAKE A RPT TO THE FAA. AFTER I EXPLAINED TO THE PORT AUTH PERSONNEL WHAT HAPPENED; HE CONTACTED THE TWR CTLR AND THE CTLR INDICATED THAT IT WAS HIS MISTAKE; THAT HE FORGOT THAT THE RWY WAS CLOSED; AND THAT HIS SUPVR WAS REMOVING HIM AND SEND HIM TO TRAINING.

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