A C140 PLT WAS INTENDING TO LAND AT AZO; BUT LANDED AT BTL; AFTER BEING VECTORED THERE BY GRR.

Date: 2003-07 · Aircraft: Cessna 140 · Phase: landing

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-landing-without-clearance

Synopsis

A C140 PLT WAS INTENDING TO LAND AT AZO; BUT LANDED AT BTL; AFTER BEING VECTORED THERE BY GRR.

Narrative

N OF GRAND RAPIDS; I CONTACTED GRR TO TRANSITION THROUGH THE AREA S TO KALAMAZOO. I WAS HANDED OFF TO NEW FREQ S OF GRAND RAPIDS. THIS CTLR RELEASED ME WITH 118.5 TO CONTACT TWR. THIS WAS A NEW FREQ; AS I PLANNED TO USE 118.3 FOR BATTLE CREEK INTL AT KALAMAZOO. ACTUALLY; I WAS TALKING TO BATTLE CREEK AT KELLOGG; MI. I WAS CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 23 AT BATTLE CREEK; KELLOGG. BUT; I WAS PLANNING ON RWY 23 AT BATTLE CREEK; KALAMAZOO. LAST COM WITH TWR AT KELLOGG WAS BASED ON WHERE I WAS SINCE THEY COULD NOT SEE ME. I WAS ABOUT ON A 1 MI R BASE TO BATTLE CREEK; KALAMAZOO. NO CHK MADE FOR A LIGHT AS I WAS 'CLRED TO LAND.' NO CONFLICT WITH ANY OTHER AIR TFC. I DID SPECIFY TRANSITION OF GRAND RAPIDS TO KALAMAZOO. ATC SOMEHOW ASSUMED I WAS GOING TO BATTLE CREEK; KELLOGG. I DID WONDER ABOUT FREQ OF 118.5; SINCE I WAS PLANNING ON 118.3. I ASSUMED 118.5 WAS A NEW FREQ. I NEED TO BE SPECIFIC ABOUT DEST. IF I HAD USED BATTLE CREEK OR KALAMAZOO DEST; THIS INCIDENT WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED. IF ATC HAD ASKED WHAT MY DEST WAS; IT WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED.

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