PA34 PLT LANDS AT WRONG ARPT DURING IFR APCH.

Date: 2006-02 · Aircraft: PA-34-200T Turbo Seneca II · Phase: approach

Anomalies: airspace-violation-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance

Synopsis

PA34 PLT LANDS AT WRONG ARPT DURING IFR APCH.

Narrative

I WAS CLRED FOR THE RNAV/GPS 14 APCH INTO DTS; HAD PASSED MY FAF AND INITIATED MY DSCNT INTO DTS. I DSNDED TO 500 FT; AND COULD NOT SEE THE RWY; AND DECIDED TO GO MISSED. DTS IS AN UNCTLED ARPT; AND I HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH EGLIN APCH DURING THE ENTIRE TIME; HAD BEEN GIVEN MISSED APCH INSTRUCTIONS; CALLED AND INFORMED OF GOING MISSED AND REQUESTED TO TRY ANOTHER APCH. STILL IN IMC FOR THIS ENTIRE EVENT; I WAS VECTORED AROUND TO THE IAP ILOPE TO BEGIN ANOTHER APCH. I PASSED ILOPE AND WAS DSNDING TO 1600 FT FOR NOZEC WHICH WAS MY FAF INTO DESTIN. I WAS SEARCHING; TRYING TO SPOT THE RWY; BUT COULD SEE NOTHING. SUDDENLY; I SAW A HOLE; AND SPOTTED A RWY; AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO DSND FOR LNDG. I WAS STILL IN CONTACT WITH EGLIN APCH; AND WHEN I LANDED; I NOTICED THAT THE RWY SEEMED TO BE MUCH BIGGER THAN I EXPECTED FOR WHAT HAD BEEN DESCRIBED ON THE APCH PLATE. JUST AT THAT SECOND EGLIN INFORMED ME THAT I HAD LANDED AT EGLIN AFB; AND GAVE ME THEIR TWR FREQ AND DIRECTED ME TO CONTACT THEM IMMEDIATELY. IF I COULD OFFER A SUGGESTION; I WOULD SUGGEST THAT SOMETHING BE NOTED ON THE APCH PLATE FOR DESTIN; ESPECIALLY THE ONE FOR RWY 14; SHOWING ON THE PLATE THE RWYS FOR EGLIN AND WARNING ABOUT THE PROX OF THE RWYS IN RELATION TO THE RWYS AT DESTIN. I ALSO WONDER IF BECAUSE EGLIN AND DESTIN BOTH HAVE ACFT FLYING IN THE SAME AIRSPACE; IF EGLIN TWR SHOULD CTL BOTH AREAS. I FEEL THAT THIS KIND OF PROB COULD BE HELPED AND POSSIBLY ELIMINATED IF THE APCH PLATE HAD MORE INFO; NOT ONLY TEXT INFO; BUT GRAPHIC; SHOWING THE ACTUAL RWYS AT EGLIN; AND INFORMING NOT TO CONFUSE WITH DESTIN. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THESE TYPES OF PROBS HAPPEN A LOT AT EGLIN; BUT MOST OF THE INCIDENTS DO NOT GET RPTED TO THE FAA; THEY STAY IN-HOUSE AT EGLIN. I ALSO HAVE A FEELING THAT I WILL BE MADE AN EXAMPLE OF AND EGLIN WILL PRESS FOR A VIOLATION ON ME IN ORDER TO IMPRESS ON THE FAA THE NEED FOR EGLIN TO HAVE CTL OF DESTIN; OR DESTIN HAVING THEIR OWN CTL TWR; IN AN EFFORT TO TRY TO REMEDY THIS PROB.

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