TWR LCL CTLR INSTRUCTS C210 PLT TO FOLLOW TFC; CALLING BASE AND FINAL. PLT PERCEIVES TFC ON RWY WILL NOT CLR IN TIME AND EXECUTES GAR. PLT AND CTLRS EXCHANGE COMMENTS ON FREQ WHEN PLT DIRECTED TO TURN DOWNWIND; BASE AND FINAL AT CTLR'S CALL. ACFT OIL OVERHEAT OCCURS AND PLT DECLARES EMER. PLT INCENSED BY PERCEIVED CTLR INTRUSION OF 'IN- COCKPIT' TFC SEQUENCING.

Date: 1998-07 · Aircraft: Cessna 210 Centurion / Turbo Centurion 210C; 210D

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|other-unspecified

Synopsis

TWR LCL CTLR INSTRUCTS C210 PLT TO FOLLOW TFC; CALLING BASE AND FINAL. PLT PERCEIVES TFC ON RWY WILL NOT CLR IN TIME AND EXECUTES GAR. PLT AND CTLRS EXCHANGE COMMENTS ON FREQ WHEN PLT DIRECTED TO TURN DOWNWIND; BASE AND FINAL AT CTLR'S CALL. ACFT OIL OVERHEAT OCCURS AND PLT DECLARES EMER. PLT INCENSED BY PERCEIVED CTLR INTRUSION OF 'IN- COCKPIT' TFC SEQUENCING.

Narrative

I WAS RETURNING THE ACFT TO SDL (HOME BASE) FROM PHOENIX SKY HARBOR. AS I PASSED THE LNDG ZONE; THE CTLR RPTED ONE ACFT ON FINAL AND ONE ACFT ON 'BASE' AND YOU'LL BE FOLLOWING THE ONE ON BASE. I RPTED THAT I ONLY 'HAVE THE ONE ON FINAL.' AT THIS POINT A BUSINESS JET RPTED IN ON A 4 1/2 MI R BASE. TWR TOLD ME TO 'SQUARE MY TURN TO THE RWY.' I KNEW THIS WOULD BE A 'CROWDED' AFFAIR; SO I HAD SLOWED TO 80-85 KTS. THE 2 ACFT 'IN FRONT' OF ME WERE TRAINING WITH STUDENT PLTS FLYING VERY SLOWLY. AS I TURNED ONTO FINAL; I NOTICED THE 2ND TRAINING AIRPLANE ON A 1/2 MI FINAL. I WAS ONLY 3/4 MI BEHIND THAT ACFT. THE JET THEN CALLED READY TO TURN A 4 1/2 MI FINAL. I KNEW THIS WAS AN IMPOSSIBLE SIT; SO I LEVELED OFF AND STARTED A 'GAR.' I ANNOUNCED THIS TO ATC 'THIS WILL NOT WORK; I'M GOING AROUND.' I WAS TOLD TO ENTER 'R TFC' FOR RWY 21. AS I PASSED THE APCH END OF RWY 21 ATC (SAME VOICE) TOLD ME TO 'SQUARE MY TURN TO FINAL.' AS I BEGAN THE R BASE; ANOTHER VOICE TOLD ME TO 'MAKE A L 270 DEGS.' I PROTESTED; 'OK; GUYS; PLEASE GET IT TOGETHER DOWN THERE.' THE 'NEW VOICE' RESPONDED 'LOOK; JUST MAKE THE 270 DEGS' WHICH I DID. HE THEN CLRED ME TO LAND. AS I TURNED FINAL; ATC TOLD ME TO 'GAR AND FLY TO THE DEP END OF RWY 21.' I NOTICED MY OIL TEMP ALMOST AT 'RED LINE.' I TURNED TO DOWNWIND. THE OIL TEMP WAS NOW AT 'RED LINE.' I DECLARED AN EMER. I TOLD ATC TO 'CLR THE RWY' AND THE NATURE OF THE EMER. THE LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. ON GND FREQ 'DISCUSSION ENSUED' BTWN ME AND THE VERY BELLIGERENT CTLR WHO WAS NOT A PLT AND DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE PROBS OF MULTIPLE 'GARS' IN A HIGH PERFORMANCE PISTON ENG COUPLED WITH HIGH AMBIENT TEMPS. ULTIMATELY; HOWEVER; THE SAFETY OF THE FLT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY AND I'LL NEVER ALLOW AN INEPT; BELLIGERENT ATC CTLR TO TAKE CHARGE OF THAT.

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