SUBSEQUENT LNDG GA PLT QUESTIONS PREVIOUS LNDG GA PLT AS TO PROPER TFC PATTERN PROCS.
Synopsis
SUBSEQUENT LNDG GA PLT QUESTIONS PREVIOUS LNDG GA PLT AS TO PROPER TFC PATTERN PROCS.
Narrative
I WAS FLYING VFR INTO DE WITT SPAIN ARPT; TN. I SAW AND HEARD A CESSNA ON XWIND LEG. AFTER HE (ACFT Y) MADE HIS INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF BEING ON XWIND AND DOWNWIND FOR RWY 34; I FOLLOWED UP BY ANNOUNCING THAT I WAS ABOUT TO ENTER BASE LEG FOR RWY 34. HE SAID 'WHERE ARE YOU?' I ADVISED 'I AM ENTERING BASE LEG FOR RWY 34.' HE ADVISED 'I DON'T SEE YOU.' I STATED 'I AM TURNING FINAL FOR RWY 34.' HE STATED 'I STILL DON'T SEE YOU.' (HE IS SBOUND AND I AM ON SHORT FINAL.) I ADVISED 'SIR! LOOK OUT YOUR L WINDOW AND YOU WILL SEE ME ON SHORT FINAL FOR RWY 34.' HE STATED 'OH; YES; I SEE YOU NOW!' AFTER LNDG; I HEARD HIM ANNOUNCE THAT HE WAS GOING AROUND AND THAT HE WAS WITH THE FAA. CLR OF THE RWY; I TURNED THE RADIOS OFF. 10 MINS LATER HE SHOWED UP AND WANTED TO SEE MY LICENSE AND PHYSICAL. I THINK THE GENTLEMAN OVERREACTED; AND COULD HAVE EXTENDED HIS DOWNWIND BY 30 SECONDS AND BEEN FINE. HE IS AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN AND SOMEONE SHOULD CHK HIS EYE SIGHT AND HEARING. AFTER HE CALMED DOWN; HE SEEMED TO BE AN OK GUY. I APOLOGIZED FOR INCONVENIENCING HIM; WE SHOOK HANDS; AND HE PARTED.
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