A PA28 PLT ON A CURRENCY CHK WITH A FLT INSTRUCTOR HAD BEEN FLYING MULTIPLE TOUCH AND GOES. THEY THEN LANDED TO A COMPLETE STOP WITHOUT NOTIFYING TWR RESULTING IN A FALCON JET GOING AROUND.

Date: 2003-04 · Aircraft: PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior · Phase: landing

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|ground-incursion-runway

Synopsis

A PA28 PLT ON A CURRENCY CHK WITH A FLT INSTRUCTOR HAD BEEN FLYING MULTIPLE TOUCH AND GOES. THEY THEN LANDED TO A COMPLETE STOP WITHOUT NOTIFYING TWR RESULTING IN A FALCON JET GOING AROUND.

Narrative

WAS FLYING (AS PIC) WITH INSTRUCTOR COMPLETING VISUAL PORTION OF PROFICIENCY CHK. ENTERED PATTERN AND PERFORMED 3 LNDGS AND TKOFS (ALL RWY 5). ON FINAL LNDG WAS SEQUENCED IN FRONT OF FALCON ON LONG VISUAL STRAIGHT-IN APCH. WE DID APCH NORMALLY AND LANDED. THIS WAS PLANNED TO BE FULL-STOP AND A SIMULATED SOFT-FIELD LNDG. ALTHOUGH CLRED TO LAND; NEITHER INSTRUCTOR OR I CLARIFIED THAT THIS WOULD BE A FULL-STOP. WHEN SLOWING AND APCHING TURNOFF; LCL CTL QUERIED OUR INTENTIONS AND WE CONFIRMED FULL-STOP. SINCE THIS PROLONGED OUR TIME ON THE RWY; THE FALCON HAD TO DO A GAR. HAD WE DONE A TOUCH AND GO; THE FALCON WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO LAND NORMALLY. WHILE SAFETY WAS NOT SERIOUSLY COMPROMISED; WE SHOULD HAVE COMMUNICATED MORE CLRLY WITH LCL CTL ABOUT OUR INTENTION TO DO A FULL-STOP. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE A LACK OF RECENT EXPERIENCE COUPLED WITH EXECUTION OF AN UNUSUAL PROC AND TOO MUCH ATTN TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL ASPECT OF THE SIT. FOCUS ON CLR COM AS A PRIORITY AND EXTRA ATTN TO ATC'S NEED TO UNDERSTAND INTENTIONS IN HIGHLY CONGESTED AREAS ARE IMPORTANT. THIS REINFORCES THE NEED TO AVOID HAVING INSTRUCTIONAL ISSUES DRAW TOO MUCH FOCUS AWAY FROM PRIMARY FLT DUTIES.

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