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A student pilot had difficulty understanding ATC instructions and mis-identified the aircraft he was to follow. His early turn led to a traffic conflict that was separated by ATC. The current and former flight instructors provided similar accounts and suggestions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1214231 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201410 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ISM.Airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Model 269A/300/Osage |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Aircraft Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Student |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 47.1 Flight Crew Total 55.2 Flight Crew Type 55.2 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 151 Flight Crew Total 633 Flight Crew Type 360 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 300 Vertical 300 |
Narrative:
I was cleared to land runway 15 and told I was number two. I saw a cessna on the runway and misjudged it as the number one aircraft. Tower asked if I had the aircraft at sight and at that point I thought it was the aircraft on the runway he was referring to so I confirmed I had aircraft at sight. He came in again and asked if I had aircraft short final at sight and I reported I was still looking out for traffic. He told the aircraft to terminate the approach and told me to turn left immediately which I did. He told me to inform my instructor to contact the tower upon landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A student pilot had difficulty understanding ATC instructions and mis-identified the aircraft he was to follow. His early turn led to a traffic conflict that was separated by ATC. The current and former flight instructors provided similar accounts and suggestions.
Narrative: I was cleared to land runway 15 and told I was number two. I saw a cessna on the runway and misjudged it as the number one aircraft. Tower asked if I had the aircraft at sight and at that point I thought it was the aircraft on the runway he was referring to so I confirmed I had aircraft at sight. He came in again and asked if I had aircraft short final at sight and I reported I was still looking out for traffic. He told the aircraft to terminate the approach and told me to turn left immediately which I did. He told me to inform my instructor to contact the tower upon landing.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.