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GA pilot reported becoming lost and low on fuel resulting in a landing at a class C airport without a proper clearance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1506615 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201712 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 152 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 125 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Landing Without Clearance Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
I took off. I flew direct to ZZZ ; then ZZZ1 but I didn't land in ZZZ1 just see the airport and turn my heading and on my way back [home]; the weather was not good enough; fog and rain too; I keep flying all the way to ZZZ2; the ceiling was very low and I can't see anything. So in order to get out of that I flew to the east and get back to the heading and get back on course and back to [home airport]. I planned that and I flew to the east but I got lost and I called approach for help but they didn't respond to my call; but I didn't talk to approach. At the same time I'm lost and low on fuel too; so when I said low on fuel approach listened and I told them that I will be landing which ever airport is near me. So approach asked my altitude and asked me which runway you at; I told them I'm at 1;000 ft and want to land runway 27; I don't know which airport I'm landing; when I was at the ground after landing; I asked the person who refueling my aircraft and he told me; here is ZZZ3; at the same time security came and asked me; and I told them I'm lost and at same time low on fuel; so I just talked to approach only; I didn't get any clearance to enter here; because I was low on fuel and landing without any clearance. Then they said it's good but now you got all frequencies to contact ground; tower and go back to your home airport? Then I told them yes; I do; I got everything. Then security told me again; you have to contact ground; then tower; then if they clear you; then you can fly back home safely; so I did that; after that I contact ground; tower and approach and they cleared me to fly at 1;600 ft until they changed me to approach; then they cleared me to climbed to 2;500 ft then I flew back to [home].the point here is I turned on a wrong direction and I lost and landed at a wrong airport without any clearance; the aircraft doesn't have a GPS and I'm also new in this area. I'm a training pilot just completed my private and do my time building and this accident happened. I'm reporting myself because I made a mistake.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GA pilot reported becoming lost and low on fuel resulting in a landing at a Class C airport without a proper clearance.
Narrative: I took off. I flew direct to ZZZ ; then ZZZ1 but I didn't land in ZZZ1 just see the Airport and turn my heading and on my way back [home]; the weather was not good enough; fog and rain too; I keep flying all the way to ZZZ2; the ceiling was very low and I can't see anything. So in order to get out of that I flew to the East and get back to the heading and get back on course and back to [home airport]. I planned that and I flew to the East but I got Lost and I called Approach for help but they didn't respond to my call; but I didn't talk to Approach. At the same time I'm lost and low on fuel too; so when I said low on fuel Approach listened and I told them that I will be landing which ever airport is near me. So Approach asked my altitude and asked me which runway you at; I told them I'm at 1;000 ft and want to land runway 27; I don't know which airport I'm landing; when I was at the ground after landing; I asked the person who refueling my aircraft and he told me; here is ZZZ3; at the same time security came and asked me; and I told them I'm lost and at same time low on fuel; so I just talked to Approach only; I didn't get any clearance to enter here; because I was low on fuel and landing without any clearance. Then they said it's good but now you got all frequencies to contact ground; tower and go back to your home airport? Then I told them Yes; I do; I got everything. Then Security told me again; you have to contact ground; then tower; then if they clear you; then you can fly back home safely; so I did that; After that I contact ground; tower and approach and they cleared me to fly at 1;600 ft until they changed me to Approach; then they cleared me to climbed to 2;500 ft then I flew back to [home].The point here is I turned on a wrong direction and I lost and landed at a wrong airport without any clearance; the aircraft doesn't have a GPS and I'm also new in this area. I'm a training pilot just completed my private and do my time building and this accident happened. I'm reporting myself because I made a mistake.
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.