PA31 PLT LNDG BED MISSES GAR ISSUED BY ATC.

2003-04 · NASA ASRS report 579409

Date: 2003-04 · Aircraft: PA-31 Navajo/Chieftan/Mojave/T1040

Anomalies: conflict-airborne-conflict|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance

Synopsis

PA31 PLT LNDG BED MISSES GAR ISSUED BY ATC.

Narrative

I WAS ACTING AS PIC FOR A PART 91 MAINT POSITIONING FLT FROM OWD TO BED. THE TWR CTLR OFFERED US A STRAIGHT-IN VISUAL APCH TO RWY 5; WHICH WE ACCEPTED. AS WE REACHED ABOUT 4 MI FROM THE ARPT; THE TWR CTLR INFORMED US THAT OUR STRAIGHT-IN TO RWY 5 WAS NOT GOING TO WORK AS SHE HAD A FALCON APCHING RWY 23. WE WERE TOLD TO ENTER THE DOWNWIND TO RWY 29. ABEAM THE THRESHOLD OF RWY 29 WE WERE TOLD TO 'TAKE IT STRAIGHT TO THE NUMBERS' WHICH REQUIRED US TO TURN L BASE; PASSING BTWN 2 CESSNA SINGLES ON THE L DOWNWIND TO RWY 29. DURING A SHORT BASE-TO-FINAL TURN; I HEARD THE CTLR TELL A PLANE TO 'HAVE THE PWR UP' WHILE IN POS AND HOLD ON RWY 29. AS I ROLLED OUT ON FINAL; THE PIPER SINGLE HOLDING IN POS WAS CLRED FOR TKOF AND STARTED THE ROLL. ON SHORT FINAL; I HEARD THE CTLR TELL A NAVAJO TO GO AROUND USING A CALL SIGN; I BELIEVE CONTAINING THE NUMBERS 'X' AND 'Y.' WITH APCHS TO MULTIPLE INTERSECTING RWYS IN USE; I WAS NOT SURE WE WERE THE NAVAJO IN QUESTION AS OUR CALL SIGN IS NOT SIMILAR. I REQUESTED CLARIFICATION; NOTING THE PIPER WAS AIRBORNE BY NOW AND PRIOR TO OUR TOUCHDOWN. NO RESPONSE WAS MADE. AFTER CLRING THE RWY PER TWR INSTRUCTION; THE GND CTLR ASKED IF WE HAD HEARD THE INSTRUCTION TO GO AROUND. I SAID THAT I HAD HEARD A GAR INSTRUCTION; BUT THAT IT WAS ISSUED TO ANOTHER CALL SIGN. THIS INCIDENT HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR ACCURATE RADIO COM; ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH TFC; MULTIPLE ACTIVE RWY ENVIRONMENT.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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