2004-03 · NASA ASRS report 609567
AFTER LNDG RHV; A C180 PLT VOWS NOT TO RETURN AFTER RECEIVING RUDE HANDLING BY THE TWR CTLR.
LANDED RWY 31L; TURNED OFF MIDFIELD AND STOPPED ACFT IMMEDIATELY BTWN ACTIVE RWYS. CONTACTED GND; STATING POS AND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH FIELD; REQUESTED DIRECTIONS TO FBO. GND SAID; 'HOLD POS AND RETURN TO TWR FREQ.' TWR SAID THAT I 'SHOULD NOT CHANGE FREQ UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO DO SO AND TO HOLD SHORT RWY 31R.' I REPLIED; 'ACFT X HOLDING SHORT.' TWR SAID; 'RPT HOLDING SHORT RWY.' I REPLIED; 'REED HILLVIEW TWR; CESSNA X HOLDING SHORT RWY 31R.' TWR AGAIN TOLD ME NOT TO MOVE ACFT UNTIL ADVISED. I REPLIED THAT I COULD SEE OTHER ACFT DEPARTING AND HAD NO INTENTION OF MOVING. TWR THEN CLRED ME TO CROSS RWY 31R TO TXWY Z AND HOLD SHORT. I PROCEEDED ACROSS RWY 31R AND TXWY Y AND STOPPED ACFT AT TXWY Z; WHICH RUNS DOWN THE PAVED RAMP AREA. TWR SAID I WAS TOLD TO HOLD SHORT OF TXWY Z AND I WAS STARTING ONTO IT. THIS IS RAMP AREA WITH HANGARS ABUTTING AND NO OTHER ACFT; STOPPED OR MOVING FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS EITHER DIRECTION. I TOLD TWR I HAD NEVER BEEN ON FIELD BEFORE AND WASN'T COMING BACK; THEN WENT TO GND AND WAS DIRECTED TO FBO WITHOUT INCIDENT. TWR OPERATOR WAS VERY ABRUPT FROM FIRST CONTACT WITH BOTH ME AND OTHER ACFT IN TFC; APPARENTLY EXPERIENCING BROKEN OR STATIC XMISSIONS. MY UNFAMILIARITY WITH FIELD CONTRIBUTED TO POSSIBLE MISTAKE IN RADIO PROC. HOWEVER; AT ALL TIMES I WAS IN RADIO CONTACT WITH THE FACILITY AND NEVER CONFLICTED WITH OTHER TFC. TWR OPERATOR'S REPRIMAND AND IRRITABILITY INVITED A SIMILAR RESPONSE FROM ME WHICH WAS NOT CONDUCIVE TO GOOD OPS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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