PLT OF SMA FLIES APCH TO BNA RWY 02 VICE JWN WHEN GPS SYSTEM IS MIS PROGRAMMED.
Synopsis
PLT OF SMA FLIES APCH TO BNA RWY 02 VICE JWN WHEN GPS SYSTEM IS MIS PROGRAMMED.
Narrative
I WAS ON AN IFR FLT PLAN TO JWN AND THE WX WAS VFR. I WAS FLYING THE VOLLS6 ARR WHICH INCLUDES BNA AS A FIX. BNA APCH BEGAN VECTORING ME FOR A VISUAL TO JWN. SEVERAL MINS LATER; I RPTED JWN IN SIGHT ABOUT 10 MI S OF THE ARPT AND CANCELED MY FLT PLAN. JWN TFC RPTED USING RWY 2 AND I SET UP GPS FOR LNDG ON RWY 2 AT JWN USING THE OBS MODE. AS I APCHED THE RWY ABOUT 5 MI OUT I NOTICED A JET DEPARTING RWY 20 AND I HAD NOT HEARD HIM ON UNICOM FREQ AT JWN. I MADE A SLIGHT (5-10 DEG) TURN R AND AS THE JET PASSED I SAW IT WAS AN AIRLINER. SEVERAL SECONDS LATER; I REALIZED THAT I WAS APCHING BNA RWY 2L; I CHKED FOR ADDITIONAL TFC AND BEGAN A L TURN TO DEPART THE TFC AREA. AT THE SAME TIME I REALIZED THE GPS WAS STILL SET UP ON THE VOLLS6 ARR AND I HAD FOLLOWED IT TO BNA (THIS WAS THE REASON FOR THE PROB; IE; I HAD NOT PROGRAMMED DIRECT TO JWN ONCE I WAS BEING VECTORED OR CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH). I CALLED BNA APCH AND ADVISED WHERE I WAS. THEY CONFIRMED AND GAVE ME CLRNC TO JWN. I HAVE MADE THIS TRIP NUMEROUS TIMES AND I WAS WELL RESTED. I SIMPLY DID NOT UPDATE THE FLT FROM VOLLS6 ARR TO DIRECT TO JWN IN THE GPS WHEN I WAS CLRED FOR THE VISUAL TO JWN.
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