AN OBSERVER ALLEGED AN ATX SMT LANDED ON A TXWY AT ADQ; REPORTER CLAIMS THIS IS NOT TRUE.
Synopsis
AN OBSERVER ALLEGED AN ATX SMT LANDED ON A TXWY AT ADQ; REPORTER CLAIMS THIS IS NOT TRUE.
Narrative
THE REASON I'M ENTERING THIS FLT IN A NASA RPT IS THAT THE FAA SAYS THAT A COAST GUARDSMAN RPTED THAT I LANDED ON A TXWY ON APCH TO RWY 36 IN KODIAK; AK. FIRST OFF; THIS IS NOT TRUE. THESE ARE THE FACTS OF THE FLT. FLT LEFT HOMER; AK; IFR CRUISING AT 10000'. WE GOT A CLRNC FOR THE VOR APCH TO KODIAK CIRCLE TO LAND RWY 36. KODIAK WX WAS 1200 BROKEN; 7 MI VIS; WIND 040-080 DEGS; 30 KTS; GUSTING TO 40 KTS. WE BROKE OUT OF THE CLOUDS 5 MI FROM THE VOR AT 1500' AND PROCEEDED TO THE ARPT VFR CONDITIONS TO CIRCLE TO LAND RWY 36. WE MADE RIGHT TFC TO RWY 36. ON SHORT FINAL THE TWR CAUTIONED; 'TURB IN THE GUSTY CONDITIONS; WIND 040-080 DEGS AT 30 GUSTING TO 40 KTS; CLRED TO LAND.' WE ACKNOWLEDGED. I LINED UP ON THE RWY AND LET THE WIND MOVE ME OVER THE TXWY ANGLING 30 DEGS TO THE SW OF THE END OF THE RWY. THE WIND WAS BLOWING DIRECTLY DOWN THE TXWY. SINCE IT WAS CLR IN THIS AREA AND CERTAINLY PART OF THE APCH PATH; I TOUCHED DOWN ON THE EDGE OF THE TXWY AND THE RWY THE SAME ANGLE OF THE TXWY INTO THE WIND. OUR GND ROLL WAS APPROX 50' AS OUR GND SPD WAS 15 KTS. PLEASE REFER TO THE KODIAK ARPT AREA MAP ON ATTACHED PAGE.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.