C210 ACFT ON APCH AND INSTRUCTED TO FOLLOW ACFT WHICH RPTR COULDN'T SEE. WHEN SEEING THE OTHER ACFT RPTR TOLD TWR HE WOULD MAKE A 360 DEG TURN FOR SPACING AND TWR PUT ANOTHER ACFT IN FRONT OF HIM; FINALLY CLRING RPTR TO LAND ON ANOTHER RWY.
Synopsis
C210 ACFT ON APCH AND INSTRUCTED TO FOLLOW ACFT WHICH RPTR COULDN'T SEE. WHEN SEEING THE OTHER ACFT RPTR TOLD TWR HE WOULD MAKE A 360 DEG TURN FOR SPACING AND TWR PUT ANOTHER ACFT IN FRONT OF HIM; FINALLY CLRING RPTR TO LAND ON ANOTHER RWY.
Narrative
UPON CHKING IN WITH ORLANDO EXECUTIVE TWR AT 15 DME ON THE RWY 7 LOC; WAS ADVISED BY TWR TO CONTINUE AND RPT 4 DME. AT APPROX 8 DME; WAS ADVISED BY TWR THAT A KING AIR WAS PASSING ME OFF MY R WING. I WAS AT 1400 FT AND APPROX 500 FT BELOW A SCATTERED CLOUD LAYER AND RPTED NOT SEEING THE TFC (LOOKING). AT APPROX 5 DME WAS CLRED TO LAND #2 BEHIND THE KING AIR. I REPLIED 'CLRED TO LAND #2.' I THEN ADVISED TWR THAT I DID NOT HAVE THE KING AIR IN SIGHT. AT THAT TIME THE TWR SAID THE KING AIR WAS AT MY ALT AND POS AND I SPOTTED THE KING AIR APPROX 200 FT OFF MY 'L' WING AND MY ALT. AT THAT TIME I ADVISED TWR THAT I WAS EXECUTING A 360 DEG TURN WITH PERMISSION TO REJOIN THE LOC FINAL FOR RWY 7. TWR WAS CONFUSED; THEY THOUGHT I HAD RPTED THE TFC; WHEN I HAD NOT. TWR THEN CLRED ME TO LAND #2 AGAIN BEHIND A PIPER SENECA WHICH WAS NOW ON A L BASE FOR RWY 7. AS I WAS SLOWING THE SPACING APPARENTLY WAS NOT GOING TO WORK OUT AND THE TWR ADVISED ME TO TURN L FOR A R BASE TO RWY 13 AND CLRED ME TO LAND. THIS WAS AT APPROX 1 MI (DME).
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.