P46 PLT BECAME DISORIENTED BY THE HIGH INTENSITY OP WHILE ARRIVING AT NIGHT AT TEB.
Synopsis
P46 PLT BECAME DISORIENTED BY THE HIGH INTENSITY OP WHILE ARRIVING AT NIGHT AT TEB.
Narrative
I WAS 3-4 MI OUT ON THE VOR DME A; WHEN NEW YORK APCH FAILED TO HAND ME OFF TO TETERBORO TWR. I HAD PREVIOUSLY ASKED APCH; WHICH RWY TEB WAS LNDG ON BECAUSE THE ATIS SAID BOTH RWYS 19 AND 26 AND WAS TOLD TWR WOULD TELL ME. I HAD THE ARPT IN SIGHT; BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHICH RWY I WAS LNDG ON. I WAS 3 MI FROM THE ARPT AND WAS FAILED TO BE NOTIFIED TO CONTACT TWR. I INQUIRED AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT TWR. WHEN I CALLED TWR FREQ; I HAD A HARD TIME CHKING IN BECAUSE IT WAS SO BUSY. TWR INSTRUCTED ME TO ENTER A DOWNWIND. I WAS CONFUSED; BECAUSE I THINK THEY GAVE ME SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS WHEN I WAS ON APCH. I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH RWY; SO I ASKED. IN A NEGATIVE TONE I WAS TOLD TO ENTER A MIDFIELD XWIND TO A L DOWNWIND TO RWY 19. MEANWHILE; I LOST THE ARPT; AND DIPPED MY R WING DOWN TO LOOK FOR THE RWY. TWR THEN JUMPED ON THE FREQ AND TOLD ME NOT TO TURN TO THE S DUE TO DEPARTING TFC ON RWY 19. THEN I SAW THE RWY AND ENTERED THE PATTERN AND LANDED. AFTER THAT POINT I FELT FLUSTERED BY THE WHOLE INCIDENT. AFTER LNDG; I TURNED R ON A TXWY AND CALLED GND. WHERE I WAS STOPPED AT I WAS ON INTERSECTING TXWYS. I WAS TOLD TO TURN R AND TAXI STRAIGHT AHEAD AND CROSS THE TXWY I WAS ALREADY ON AND DO A 180 DEGS AND HOLD SHORT OF THAT TXWY. NOT REALIZING I WAS ON THAT TXWY I WAS TOLD TO CROSS AND DO A 180 DEGS; I KEPT TAXIING STRAIGHT AHEAD LOOKING FOR THE TXWY I WAS TOLD TO CROSS AND DO A 180 DEGS. I WAS APCHING RWY 24 AND FELT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. BY THE TIME GND REPLIED TO ME QUESTIONING IF I WAS CLRED TO CROSS RWY; I HAD JUST CROSSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE BUT WAS NOT ON THE ACTUAL RWY. I THEN ASKED IF I SHOULD DO A 180 DEGS. THEY TOLD ME YES; AND I ASKED FOR A PROGRESSIVE. I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE WAS DEPARTING TFC ON RWY 24; I NEVER SAW A PLANE. I FEEL THAT I WAS FLUSTERED FROM TWR'S PREVIOUS LNDG INSTRUCTIONS; AND LOOSING SIGHT OF THE ARPT; PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THIS INCIDENT. IT BROKE MY CONCENTRATION AND WAS NOT THINKING STRAIGHT. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR A PROGRESSIVE AFTER BEING FLUSTERED PREVIOUSLY; AND SLOWED DOWN AND STOPPED TO RE-ORIENTATE MYSELF WHERE I WAS WITH THE ARPT DIAGRAM; ESPECIALLY BEING THAT THIS TOOK PLACE AT NIGHT ON AN UNFAMILIAR FIELD DURING BUSY OPS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.