AN EXPERIENCED C310 PLT REMAINED CALM AND PROFESSIONAL DESPITE BEING TREATED IN AN UNPROFESSIONAL MANNER BY THE TWR CTLR AT TTD.

1999-09 · NASA ASRS report 449898

Date: 1999-09 · Aircraft: Cessna 310/T310C

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy

Synopsis

AN EXPERIENCED C310 PLT REMAINED CALM AND PROFESSIONAL DESPITE BEING TREATED IN AN UNPROFESSIONAL MANNER BY THE TWR CTLR AT TTD.

Narrative

ARRIVED PORTLAND/TROUTDALE ARPT; VFR; APPROX XA30 SEP/XA/99. WE WERE ON REQUESTED VECTORS BY ATC; TURNED OVER TO TWR AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. CONTACTED GND CTL AND REQUESTED TAXI TO TERMINAL AS DEPICTED IN FLT GUIDE TO PICK UP MY RELATIVES. SMART; FAST TALKING CTLR SAID; 'WE DON'T HAVE A TERMINAL' AND SAID HE WOULD TAXI ME TO 'FBO'. I HELD AND ADVISED HIM I WAS TO TAXI TO THE TERMINAL FOR PARKING AS DEPICTED IN THE FLT GUIDE. HE THEN ADVISED THAT HE SAW SOME PEOPLE WAITING IN FRONT OF A BUILDING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RWY AND GAVE TAXI INSTRUCTIONS TO THERE. THE BUILDING WAS SIGNED; 'PORTLAND TROUTDALE TERMINAL.' I TAXIED IN AND TAXIED OUT WITHOUT INCIDENT. RPTED READY AT RWY. SAME FAST-TALKING TWR CTLR WAS BARKING ORDERS TO OTHER ACFT. I REQUESTED THE FREQ FOR CLASS C AIRSPACE; WHICH HE GAVE BUT TOLD ME HE WOULD GIVE ME THE FREQ CHANGE AFTER DEP. CLRED FOR TKOF; NO FREQ CHANGE INSTRUCTION GIVEN WHILE CLBING OUT. THEN; HE CHEWED ME OUT FOR NOT FOLLOWING HIS 'CLRNC' AND SAID I WAS IN PORTLAND AIRSPACE; WHICH OVERLAYS PORTLAND/TROUTDALE AT 2000 FT OR 1700 FT. AFTER HEARING HIS BAD DELIVERY; GOD-LIKE ALT; HE GAVE ME THE FREQ CHANGE INSTRUCTION AS I CLBED THROUGH 2300 FT. I THEN CONTACTED PORTLAND ATC. VERY PLEASANT; NO PROB RPTED. I HAD NOT ARGUED WITH TROUTDALE TWR AT ANY TIME.

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

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