BE55 PLT WAS GIVEN LNDG CLRNC ON RWY 9. RWY 9L AND RWY 9R WERE NOTAMED IN USE AT THE TIME. PLT LANDED ON RWY 9R; WHICH WAS SUPPOSEDLY CLOSED BECAUSE OF MIDAIR COLLISION WRECKAGE IN THE APCH END OF THE RWY.
Synopsis
BE55 PLT WAS GIVEN LNDG CLRNC ON RWY 9. RWY 9L AND RWY 9R WERE NOTAMED IN USE AT THE TIME. PLT LANDED ON RWY 9R; WHICH WAS SUPPOSEDLY CLOSED BECAUSE OF MIDAIR COLLISION WRECKAGE IN THE APCH END OF THE RWY.
Narrative
THIS INCIDENT TOOK PLACE WHILE ARRIVING AT ZZZ FOR A FLY-IN. AFTER DEPARTING THE ZZZ HOLDING PATTERN; I WAS CLRED TO APCH ZZZ AND LAND RWY 9. A MIDAIR COLLISION HAD TAKEN PLACE SHORTLY BEFORE AND I BELIEVE I WAS THE FIRST ACFT ALLOWED TO LAND AFTER THE ARPT REOPENED. FOR THIS EVENT; THERE ARE 2 RWYS -- RWY 9L&R. I LINED UP ON RWY 9R;. THE MIDAIR ACCIDENT ACFT WAS ON THE GND ON RWY 9R AND GND PERSONNEL WERE WAVING ME OFF. AT THAT TIME TWR ASKED ME IF I WAS LINED UP FOR RWY 9R. I ANSWERED 'YES.' HE (TWR) THEN CLRED ME TO LAND. NOTE: THERE WAS ALSO A SINGLE ENG ACFT JUST TAKING OFF ON RWY 9L VERY CLOSE TO MY POS. UPON TAXIING OFF; I WAS MET BY FAA OFFICIAL WHO INFORMED ME THAT I HAD LANDED ON THE WRONG RWY. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN CONSIDERABLE CONFUSION AFTER THE MIDAIR AND THE MANY ARRIVING ACFT DUE TO THE ARPT CLOSING FOR SOME TIME. I BELIEVE I WAS THE FIRST ACFT RELEASED FROM THE HOLDING PATTERN AND WAS DIRECTED TO THE ARPT. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF WHICH RWY (L OR R) TO APCH. I CHOSE THE NORMAL MAIN RWY 9. I THOUGHT THAT EVEN THOUGH THE ACCIDENT ACFT WAS ON THE APCH END THAT THEY WANTED TO GET ACFT ON THE GND. I PROCEEDED FOR RWY 9R AND EVEN THOUGH I SAW THE GND PERSONNEL WAVING FOR A GAR; THE TWR ASKED MY POS AND STILL CLRED ME TO LAND. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: PLT INDICATED THE DAY BEFORE HIS ARR THERE HAD BEEN A FATAL MIDAIR COLLISION AT THE ARPT. THEN JUST BEFORE HIS ARR ANOTHER MIDAIR COLLISION HAD OCCURRED. HE FURTHER STATES THAT HE WAS ON AN IFR FLT PLAN; THE TWR CTLR TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO CANCEL HIS IFR FLT PLAN WITHOUT PLT CONCURRENCE. IT WAS JUST CANCELED. PLT WAS THEN PLACED IN A VISUAL HOLDING PATTERN AROUND A LAKE. THERE WAS NO TFC OR ALT SEPARATION PROVIDED. WHEN CLRED FROM THE HOLDING PATTERN THE FREQ CONGESTION WAS SO BAD THAT NO MEANINGFUL COM EXCHANGE COULD OCCUR. PLT SAYS HE WILL NEVER COME TO A PLACE LIKE THIS AGAIN. HE WILL PLAN A LNDG AT AN OUTLYING ARPT AND THEN RENT A CAR.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.