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Small aircraft X unauthorized landing on taxiway. Pilot deviation. Situation: recently paved taxiway looks like runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 174601 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199103 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : dvt |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| ASRS Report | 174601 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
There have been numerous taxiway a lndgs at dvt. This is due in part to a new repaved/conditioned taxiway and its close proximity to the runway (200'). An additional factor noticed is that when the sun is rising/setting off runway 7L/25R, more occurrences seem to take place. Small aircraft X pilot spoke with me personally after the incident and said that he had mistaken taxiway a as runway 25R while on short final, and then side-stepped to taxiway a. While the aircraft was on 1/2 mi final, I observed the aircraft on final for runway 25R. I then had to locate my aircraft on left base for runway 25L. I believe it was at this time that the pilot side-stepped and landed on the taxiway. I believe analyst X of NASA is very familiar with this type of occurrence at dvt.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA X UNAUTH LNDG ON TXWY. PLT DEVIATION. SITUATION: RECENTLY PAVED TXWY LOOKS LIKE RWY.
Narrative: THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS TXWY A LNDGS AT DVT. THIS IS DUE IN PART TO A NEW REPAVED/CONDITIONED TXWY AND ITS CLOSE PROX TO THE RWY (200'). AN ADDITIONAL FACTOR NOTICED IS THAT WHEN THE SUN IS RISING/SETTING OFF RWY 7L/25R, MORE OCCURRENCES SEEM TO TAKE PLACE. SMA X PLT SPOKE WITH ME PERSONALLY AFTER THE INCIDENT AND SAID THAT HE HAD MISTAKEN TXWY A AS RWY 25R WHILE ON SHORT FINAL, AND THEN SIDE-STEPPED TO TXWY A. WHILE THE ACFT WAS ON 1/2 MI FINAL, I OBSERVED THE ACFT ON FINAL FOR RWY 25R. I THEN HAD TO LOCATE MY ACFT ON LEFT BASE FOR RWY 25L. I BELIEVE IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT THE PLT SIDE-STEPPED AND LANDED ON THE TXWY. I BELIEVE ANALYST X OF NASA IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS TYPE OF OCCURRENCE AT DVT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.