<< >> NASA ASRS Report 283937, September 1994

Small aircraft in emergency situation in an overwater operation, diversion to alternate. Emergency unauthorized landing at closed airport.

Attributes
ACN	283937
Time
Date	199409
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : upp
State Reference	HI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Cessna 150
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise other landing other other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 55 flight time total : 9400 flight time type : 2
ASRS Report	283837
Events
Anomaly	incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : overcame equipment problem flight crew : declared emergency other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Aircraft
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I rented a C-150 from FBO at maui, hawaii airport. I flew to the big island of hawaii and experienced what I thought was unusual noise in the engine (sounded like water in gas). This occurred about 5 mi from the coast of hawaii. I attempted contact on 122.9 to no avail 3 times to the upocu airport. It was closed (notamed out) and had xx's on it so I flew over to make sure no one was there and landed to the side of the runway. I cleaned the small amount of water from the tanks and took off because it was late in the day and this airport is in a very remote location. I then flew directly back to the FBO at maui airport, no other problems noted on the return.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA IN EMER SIT IN AN OVERWATER OP, DIVERSION TO ALTERNATE. EMER UNAUTH LNDG AT CLOSED ARPT.

Narrative: I RENTED A C-150 FROM FBO AT MAUI, HAWAII ARPT. I FLEW TO THE BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII AND EXPERIENCED WHAT I THOUGHT WAS UNUSUAL NOISE IN THE ENG (SOUNDED LIKE WATER IN GAS). THIS OCCURRED ABOUT 5 MI FROM THE COAST OF HAWAII. I ATTEMPTED CONTACT ON 122.9 TO NO AVAIL 3 TIMES TO THE UPOCU ARPT. IT WAS CLOSED (NOTAMED OUT) AND HAD XX'S ON IT SO I FLEW OVER TO MAKE SURE NO ONE WAS THERE AND LANDED TO THE SIDE OF THE RWY. I CLEANED THE SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER FROM THE TANKS AND TOOK OFF BECAUSE IT WAS LATE IN THE DAY AND THIS ARPT IS IN A VERY REMOTE LOCATION. I THEN FLEW DIRECTLY BACK TO THE FBO AT MAUI ARPT, NO OTHER PROBS NOTED ON THE RETURN.

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.