1998-08 · NASA ASRS report 412990
A C210 PLT IS CONFUSED DURING HIS FIRST VISIT TO LUK; OH; WHEN THE CTLR EXHIBITS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF ANIMOSITY. IT APPEARS THAT THE CTLR HAD LITTLE SYMPATHY FOR THE 'FIRST TIMER' AFTER THE PLT HAD NOT FOLLOWED HIS DIRECTIONS FOR THE TFC PATTERN.
I WAS 20 MI AWAY FROM LUKEN ARPT AND RADIOED IN TO TWR. I WAS TOLD TO STAY W OF LOC AND RPT 7 MI OUT. MY PRESENT POS WAS NE OF ARPT ON A 226 DEG HDG. I TURNED W TO A HDG OF 240 DEGS. AT 7.5 MI OUT; TWR CALLED SAYING A JET DEPARTING WAS AT MY 1 O'CLOCK. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO SAY 'IF YOU DID WHAT I TOLD YOU TO DO YOU WOULD NOT BE THERE.' HE CONTINUED 'SINCE YOU DID NOT LISTEN TO ME; ENTER A R DOWNWIND FOR RWY 3R.' I FOLLOWED HIS INSTRUCTIONS. AT THE POINT TO TURN BASE; HE CAME BACK AND TOLD ME TO TURN R BASE FOR RWY 3L. I QUESTIONED HIM ABOUT XING THE APCH PATH OF RWY 3R. HE SAID 'IF YOU WOULD HAVE LISTENED THE FIRST TIME YOU WOULDN'T BE WHERE YOU ARE NOW; CLR TO LAND.' UPON TOUCHDOWN I RADIOED THE TWR FOR INSTRUCTIONS. HE ASKED WHERE I WANTED TO GO. I TOLD HIM A RESTAURANT ON THE FIELD. I HAD NEVER BEEN TO THIS FIELD BEFORE. HE GAVE ME DIRECTIONS TO PROCEED. A MIN LATER; HE CALLED ME TO ASK IF I WANTED THE TERMINAL OR RESTAURANT. I TOLD HIM AGAIN THE RESTAURANT. HE TOLD ME TO PARK AT THE GAS STATION. I DID; ONLY TO FIND OUT THE RESTAURANT WAS IN THE TERMINAL. UPON DEP; I RADIOED INTO CLRNC WITH ALL THE PERTINENT INFO. I WAS EXPECTING A DEP HDG AND ALT AT LEAST. HE SIMPLY CAME BACK WITH 'GO TO RWY 7.' THERE WAS ONLY ONE WAY TO RWY 7; SO I PROCEEDED. HOWEVER; HE ASSIGNED ANOTHER ACFT THE SAME TXWY COMING TOWARDS ME. NEEDLESS TO SAY; IT WAS A FRUSTRATING AND HAZARDOUS FLT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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