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C172 student and instructor pilots reported they had a challenging experience with a tower controller due to the student's lack of experience.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1388417 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201609 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach Takeoff |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Trainee |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Student |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 53 Flight Crew Total 53 Flight Crew Type 53 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 309 Flight Crew Total 1030 Flight Crew Type 900 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
While I was waiting to takeoff ATC transmitted; 'no delay'. There was not a call sign and the only transmission that I was able to hear was the two words of no delay. I paused to wait for a clear transmission and he immediately said that I am being cancelled until landing traffic cleared. We waited for several minutes while a plane that had not turned base landed. When we were cleared for takeoff; I took off and began climbing. As I was turning downwind; ATC called; and told me to turn downwind. He then said; 'you need to listen to your radio!'; in an elevated tone causing a poor training environment as well as affecting the human factor of performance and decreasing awareness. After an attempted touch and go; on the go around; ATC told me to enter right pattern and he would call base. I turned downwind and continued at traffic pattern altitude for an extended downwind. ATC never called base; however he did contact me to inform me that I was now number 3 in the pattern and asked when I was going to turn base. I turned base; and was beginning to turn final and ATC said; 'turn west and maintain altitude to fly on right side of airport.' I heard turn left; and repeated such to confirm. He continued talking to me in an elevated tone and said 'west west west.' I began complying with the instructions and he said; 'you need to leave my airspace immediately and return in 15 minutes'. At this time my flight instructor was flying the airplane and he informed ATC we would be returning to [our home base]. By my perception as a student; ATC lost their professionalism when they began screaming into the microphone and becoming less clear in their instructions. While I admit that I am not amazing on the radios; I do not perceive unclear instructions and yelling to be conducive to flight operations in any environment; let alone training at an airport that has at least 3 flight schools present.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C172 student and instructor pilots reported they had a challenging experience with a Tower Controller due to the student's lack of experience.
Narrative: While I was waiting to takeoff ATC transmitted; 'No Delay'. There was not a call sign and the only transmission that I was able to hear was the two words of No Delay. I paused to wait for a clear transmission and he immediately said that I am being cancelled until landing traffic cleared. We waited for several minutes while a plane that had not turned base landed. When we were cleared for takeoff; I took off and began climbing. As I was turning downwind; ATC called; and told me to turn downwind. He then said; 'You need to listen to your radio!'; in an elevated tone causing a poor training environment as well as affecting the human factor of performance and decreasing awareness. After an attempted touch and go; on the go around; ATC told me to enter right pattern and he would call base. I turned downwind and continued at traffic pattern altitude for an extended downwind. ATC never called base; however he did contact me to inform me that I was now number 3 in the pattern and asked when I was going to turn base. I turned base; and was beginning to turn final and ATC said; 'Turn west and maintain altitude to fly on right side of airport.' I heard turn left; and repeated such to confirm. He continued talking to me in an elevated tone and said 'west west west.' I began complying with the instructions and he said; 'You need to leave my airspace immediately and return in 15 minutes'. At this time my flight instructor was flying the airplane and he informed ATC we would be returning to [our home base]. By my perception as a student; ATC lost their professionalism when they began screaming into the microphone and becoming less clear in their instructions. While I admit that I am not amazing on the radios; I do not perceive unclear instructions and yelling to be conducive to flight operations in any environment; let alone training at an airport that has at least 3 flight schools present.
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.