1988-02 · NASA ASRS report 81869
GA LTT LNDG AT WRONG ARPT.
ATC ADVISED US WE WERE #2 FOR PWK; EXPECT A VISUAL APCH; AND ASKED IF WE WERE IN IMC CONDITIONS AT 3000'. WE ADVISED WE WERE VMC AT THE BASE OF A SCATTERED LAYER AND ACKNOWLEDGED #2 BEHIND ANOTHER LTT MAKING A VISUAL INTO PWK. ATC CLRED US TO 2500' AND ADVISED US THE ARPT 6 MI; 11:30-12 O'CLOCK AND THAT WE COULD GO OVER TO PWK WHENEVER WE HAD A VISUAL. AT THAT TIME THE CAPT CANCELLED AND I ASKED ATC ABOUT THE LTT TFC AND WHICH RWY THEY USED. HE ADVISED ME THAT HE HAD A CANCELLATION ON THE GND AND THAT HE HAD USED RWY 34. AT THIS TIME WE COMPLETED ALL APPROPRIATE CHKLIST ITEMS AND I WAS LOOKING FOR TFC AND CALLING PWK UNICOM FOR ADVISORIES. AT THE SAME TIME THE CAPT HAD LOST HIS VISUAL WITH THE ARPT SO I TUNED IN THE LOC FOR 16 AND ADVISED THAT WE WOULD GET A SWING WHEN WE FLEW N OF THE ARPT AND THAT WOULD PUT US INTO POS FOR A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR 34 AND LET US CLR THE RWY VISUALLY OF ANY TFC. AT THE TIME THIS WAS GOING ON THE CAPT ADVISED ME THE NEEDLE HAD SWUNG AND I LOOKED S AND AT 9 O'CLOCK TO WHERE THE ARPT SHOULD BE. I SAW THE RWY AND WE TURNED OVERHEAD TO VISUALLY CHK THE RWY FOR TFC AND SET UP FOR A DOWNWIND FOR 34. WE STILL WERE UNABLE TO RECEIVE ANY ADVISORIES AND COMPLETED LNDG CHKLIST ITEMS; THEN I WATCHED FOR TFC AND ANY OTHER TFC COMING OFF PWK. ALL VISUAL SIGNS INDICATED WE WERE AT PWK; HOWEVER ONCE WE LANDED THE CAPT REALIZED WE WERE AT GLENVIEW NAVAL AIR STATION. WE SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR THE FULL APCH EVEN THOUGH IT WAS GOOD VIS; NOT CANCELLED IFR; AND I AS A F/O SHOULD HAVE BACKED UP THE APCH WITH FOSTER GIGA DATA; VOR DATA; LOC DATA AND ATC. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 81933: HAD NORTHBOOK VOR TUNED IN AND ILS 16 AT PWK. PASSED OVER N END OF ARPT AND TURNED DOWNWIND. RECONFIRMED THAT THE RWY LAYOUT WAS PWK.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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