PLT OF SMT PLANS TO LAND ON RWY 15 AT NON TWR ARPT. HE LINES UP FOR RWY 33 INSTEAD AND IS ALERTED BY A PLT DEPARTING RWY 15. A QUICK CHANGE TO THE PROPER RWY IS ACCOMPLISHED.
Synopsis
PLT OF SMT PLANS TO LAND ON RWY 15 AT NON TWR ARPT. HE LINES UP FOR RWY 33 INSTEAD AND IS ALERTED BY A PLT DEPARTING RWY 15. A QUICK CHANGE TO THE PROPER RWY IS ACCOMPLISHED.
Narrative
VFR RETURN TO HOME BASE; UMP; CALLED 5.8 NM SW OF FIELD AFTER BEING HANDED OFF FROM IND APCH FLT FOLLOWING. WHEN CALLED POS AND REQUESTED ARPT ADVISORY FROM UNICOM (123.0); PLT IN PATTERN CALLED PATTERN FOR RWY 15. I ANNOUNCED WOULD ENTER DOWNWIND FOR RWY 15. I HAD JUST DEPARTED RWY 33 ABOUT 45 MINS PRIOR TO RETURN TO ARPT AFTER DROPPING OFF PAX AT FRH. I PROCEEDED TO ENTER DOWNWIND AND BASE FOR RWY 33. AS I ENTERED FINAL FOR RWY 33 A PLT DEPARTING RWY 15 CALLED TO ME TO TELL ME I WAS ON FINAL FOR RWY 33; NOT RWY 15. HE WAS ABOVE ME AND BANKING TO R. I BANKED TO R TO DOWNWIND RWY 15 PATTERN. I HAD BEEN BUSY MESSING WITH AUTOPLT JUST PRIOR TO HDOF FROM APCH; AND HAD A MINDSET FOR LNDG ON RWY 33. WINDS WERE XWIND OUT OF THE E-NE. EVEN THOUGH I SAID 'RWY 15' I FLEW A PERFECT PATTERN FOR RWY 33. THERE WERE 3 PLANES ON THE RUN-UP AREA AS WELL AS THE DEPARTING TFC. NO ONE NOTICED MY POS UNTIL TURN TO FINAL. I SHOULD HAVE LOOKED CLOSER AT THE RWY TFC; NOT JUST WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF ME. THERE WAS NOT MUCH TFC IN THE AIR AT THE TIME.
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