P46 PLT BECAME DISORIENTED BY THE HIGH INTENSITY OP WHILE ARRIVING AT NIGHT AT TEB.

Date: 2001-11 · Aircraft: PA-46 Malibu/Malibu Mirage/Malibu Matrix · Phase: taxi

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|ground-incursion-runway|ground-incursion-taxiway|other-plt-out-of-his-element-at-busy-nyc-arpt

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.