PA34 TRAINEE; WITH INSTRUCTOR; FAILED TO ADHERE TO TWR TFC PATTERN INSTRUCTIONS AFTER MAKING A TOUCH AND GO INSTEAD OF FULL STOP LNDG; AS EXPECTED. TRAINEE WANTED INSTRUCTOR TO COMPLETE ALL COM WITH ATC. COCKPIT COORD APPARENTLY INCOMPLETE.

Date: 1998-07 · Aircraft: PA-34-200 Seneca I

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-other-unknown|other-unspecified

Synopsis

PA34 TRAINEE; WITH INSTRUCTOR; FAILED TO ADHERE TO TWR TFC PATTERN INSTRUCTIONS AFTER MAKING A TOUCH AND GO INSTEAD OF FULL STOP LNDG; AS EXPECTED. TRAINEE WANTED INSTRUCTOR TO COMPLETE ALL COM WITH ATC. COCKPIT COORD APPARENTLY INCOMPLETE.

Narrative

DURING MY SECOND FLT IN THE PIPER SENECA PA34-200 I WAS RECEIVING DUAL INSTRUCTION. FOLLOWING MANEUVERS IN THE LCL TRAINING AREA I CALLED APCH CTL (SAVANNAH) AND STATED THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO RETURN FOR TOUCH AND GOES. MY INSTRUCTOR AND I HAD DIFFICULTY SEEING THE ARPT AND WE WERE GIVEN VECTORS TO FINAL. THE TWR FIRST TOLD US TO LAND (RWY 9) AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 36. WE SAW THE ARPT AT 4.5 MI AND FLEW THE VISUAL APCH. THE TWR CANCELED OUR HOLD SHORT OF RWY 36 AND ADVISED US THAT THE FULL LENGTH WAS AVAILABLE. WE LANDED AND DID A TOUCH AND GO. THE TWR CTLR ADVISED US IF WE WANTED TO DO A TOUCH AND GO WE SHOULD HAVE ADVISED THEM. WE WERE APPARENTLY TOLD TO ENTER L TFC. MY INSTRUCTOR QUESTIONED ME WHEN WE TURNED INTO R TFC; BUT I ASSURED HIM WE WERE ADVISED R TFC. THE TWR CORRECTED US BUT TOLD US TO CONTINUE. MY LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS TYPE OF ACFT; OUR CONCERN WITH THE REDUCED VISIBILITY; AND MY RELIANCE ON OUR INTENTIONS BEING RELAYED TO THE TWR FROM APCH CTL CONTRIBUTED TO THE VIOLATION. WHILE LEARNING TO FLY A NEW TYPE OF ACFT THE INSTRUCTOR SHOULD HAVE THE TASK OF TALKING TO APCH AND TWR AND REDUCE THE WORKLOAD ON THE STUDENT.

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