WRONG ARPT APCH; AND LNDG AT CLOSED ARPT. INSTEAD OF DEST ARPT NEARBY AT M17; MO.
Synopsis
WRONG ARPT APCH; AND LNDG AT CLOSED ARPT. INSTEAD OF DEST ARPT NEARBY AT M17; MO.
Narrative
TOOK OFF AT ROOSTERVILLE (LIBERTY; MO). FLT FOLLOWING FROM KANSAS CITY APCH; TO WHITEMAN APCH; TO SGF APCH; 3500 FT MSL. SGF INSTRUCTED US TO RPT AT OLLII INTXN. SET UP VOR ON SGF VORTAC 336 DEGS _____ AND LORAN TO 27 NM N OF SGF. RPTED OLLII INTXN; CHANGED XPONDER CODE TO 1200; AND CHANGED FREQS TO 122.8. SEVERAL AIRPLANES IN PATTERN AT BOLIVAR -- SET UP CLOSEST 10 ARPT FUNCTION. BOTH ON GPS AND THE LORAN; FLY BUDDY II; FOR BOLIVAR. IT WAS KIND OF HAZY. THERE WERE 6 PEOPLE IN AIRPLANE (IT'S 6 PLACE). I HAD THE GPS 18 APCH PLATE AND IFR ENRTE MAP (BLUE LINE HIGHLIGHTED TO BOLIVAR). I LANDED; AND THERE WERE NO OTHER AIRPLANES. I SAW GOLF CARTS AND NO RESTAURANT; SO TAXIED UP ON THE CONCRETE RWY TO S END AND LOOKED AT SECTIONAL MAP. RED X ON SECTIONAL -- NEW BOLIVAR ARPT 4-5 MI E. TAXIED BACK TO N END AND FLEW OVER TO NEW BOLIVAR AND ATE LUNCH WITH THE KANSAS PLTS MEETING IN THE BACK ROOM. UNEVENTFUL FLIGHT -- NO ALARMED PAX. SMOOTH RIDE. MY OLDER DATABASES IN BOTH BOXES WERE NOT UPDATED SINCE INSTALLED; AND; THEREFORE; BOTH WERE SHOWING OLD BOLIVAR. I PUT IT DOWN ON THE CTRLINE AT OLD BOLIVAR. RECOMMEND UPDATING OF DATABASES ON A REGULAR BASIS.
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