PLT IFR OFF EYW IS BERATED BY THE ATCT LCL CTLR FOR NOT FOLLOWING AN UNPUBLISHED NOISE ABATEMENT PROC. A PROC IS ON A SMALL SIGN NEAR THE DEP RWY THAT WAS HIDDEN FROM VIEW BY AN ACFT RUNNING UP.

1999-10 · NASA ASRS report 453293

Date: 1999-10 · Aircraft: Bonanza 36 · Phase: takeoff

Anomalies: airspace-violation-all-types|deviation-track-heading-all-types

Synopsis

PLT IFR OFF EYW IS BERATED BY THE ATCT LCL CTLR FOR NOT FOLLOWING AN UNPUBLISHED NOISE ABATEMENT PROC. A PROC IS ON A SMALL SIGN NEAR THE DEP RWY THAT WAS HIDDEN FROM VIEW BY AN ACFT RUNNING UP.

Narrative

HAD TO USE SMALL ACFT DUE TO CORPORATE ACFT IN MAINT. TAXIED OUT OF KEY WEST; 'CLRED DIRECT TIGAR; R TURN 180 DEGS AFTER DEP; EXPECT 7000 FT IN 10 MINS; CONTACT KEY WEST 124.45; SQUAWK XXXX.' THE COMMERCIAL CHART SHOW NO DEP PROCS. (A SMALL SIGN AT END OF TXWY WAS THEN BLOCKED BY A CESSNA 337 WITH THE REAR ENG FEATHERED AND THE FRONT SHUT DOWN. ON MY SECOND FLT I SAW THE SIGN ADVISING TO MAINTAIN RWY HEADING UNTIL PASSING ARPT BOUNDARY.) WITH TKOF CLRNC I WAS GIVEN A CHANGE TO 'L TURN HDG 360 DEGS; CLB TO 7000 FT.' AT 400 FT I STARTED MY L TURN AND THE CTLR CAME UNGLUED. CLAIMED I WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO TURN; ETC. I QUICKLY CHKED MY CLRNC THINKING I HAD ERRED; ONLY TO SEE I HAD FOLLOWED MY CLRNC. HE THEN TOLD ME TO TURN R FOR FLT FOLLOWING. I REMINDED HIM I WAS IFR; AND THAT I HAD FOLLOWED MY CLRNC. HE RANTED THAT I HAD NOT FOLLOWED 'PUBLISHED' PROCS (NOT IN COMMERCIAL CHART); THAT HE WAS GOING TO CONTACT THE ARPT MGR ABOUT ME. HE RANTED HE WAS NOT GOING TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER (NOR DID I) AND CONTACTED DEP AS INSTRUCTED. UPON RETURN TO KEY WEST I GOT ON THE TELEPHONE AND CALLED THE TWR AND ASKED FOR THE CHIEF OR WATCH SUPVR. HE CAME ON THE LINE; IDENTED HIMSELF AS THE CHIEF; RANTED ON ABOUT PUBLISHED PROCS (DUE TO NOISE ABATEMENT); SAID HE WAS BUSY; AND HUNG UP. IN OVER 35 YRS IN AVIATION INCLUDING TIME AS A CTLR; I HAVE NEVER MET SUCH A MANIAC. A PERSON WHO CANNOT CTL HIMSELF IS A HAZARD TO AVIATION AND SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PRACTICE. OTHERS SHOULD BE WARNED BEFORE A SAFETY OF FLT SIT OCCURS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR DID NOT ADD ANY NEW INFO ABOUT THE INCIDENT; BUT DID MENTION THAT THE LATEST COMMERCIAL CHART FOR EYW DOES NOT HAVE A NOTE CONCERNING THE SENSITIVE AREAS NEAR THE ARPT.

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

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