A student pilot became confused about his position on final relative to other aircraft at sfb and wa...

Attributes
ACN	1427020
Time
Date	201702
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	SFB.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Person 1
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types
Miss Distance	Horizontal 150 Vertical 150

Narrative:

Student pilot was flying inbound on the jessup arrival. He was flying 120 degrees toward sfb at 1;500 ft. He was then told to resume own navigation towards the airport and contact sfb tower. After establishing communication with them; the tower instructed him to descend at discretion and continue toward the airport. He was told; number 3; cleared to land on 9C. He saw two aircraft ahead of him; and assumed he was the third aircraft following them. He was on final on 9C with an aircraft that was next to him; (which was cleared to land before him) approximately 100-150 ft. Horizontal direction; same altitude. Tower instructed him to go around; which he complied with and then resumed the rest of the flight without incident making a full stop on 9R.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A student pilot became confused about his position on final relative to other aircraft at SFB and was instructed to go-around when he got too close to other aircraft.

Narrative: Student pilot was flying inbound on the Jessup arrival. He was flying 120 degrees toward SFB at 1;500 ft. He was then told to resume own navigation towards the airport and contact SFB tower. After establishing communication with them; the tower instructed him to descend at discretion and continue toward the airport. He was told; number 3; cleared to land on 9C. He saw two aircraft ahead of him; and assumed he was the third aircraft following them. He was on final on 9C with an aircraft that was next to him; (which was cleared to land before him) approximately 100-150 ft. horizontal direction; same altitude. Tower instructed him to go around; which he complied with and then resumed the rest of the flight without incident making a full stop on 9R.

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.

A student pilot became confused about his position on final relative to other aircraft at sfb and was instructed to go-around when he got too close to other aircraft.