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C310R is cleared to land and is close in when tower cleared a navajo into position and hold. C310 pilot lands over the aircraft in position.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 337349 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199606 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : abe |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 300 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : abe |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 310/T310C |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-31 Navajo Chieftan/Mojave/Navajo T1020 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : unknown |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 30 |
| ASRS Report | 337349 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : required legal separation non adherence other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 100 vertical : 100 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation Operational Error |
Narrative:
My aircraft was on short final approach, with clearance to land, on runway 24. Just prior to landing (300 ft AGL, 1/3 mi from threshold) tower cleared a piper navajo into position and hold on the same runway. I was confused as to the intent the controller desired. I overflew the navajo with a comfortable margin and landed further down the runway. At that moment the tower controller cleared the navajo for takeoff. It became immediately clear that the tower controller had forgotten our existence. The navajo pilot questioned the clearance, ending the incident. Pilots many times work under the assumption that controllers always have the situation under control. We must remember that they are also human and make mistakes.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C310R IS CLRED TO LAND AND IS CLOSE IN WHEN TWR CLRED A NAVAJO INTO POS AND HOLD. C310 PLT LANDS OVER THE ACFT IN POS.
Narrative: MY ACFT WAS ON SHORT FINAL APCH, WITH CLRNC TO LAND, ON RWY 24. JUST PRIOR TO LNDG (300 FT AGL, 1/3 MI FROM THRESHOLD) TWR CLRED A PIPER NAVAJO INTO POS AND HOLD ON THE SAME RWY. I WAS CONFUSED AS TO THE INTENT THE CTLR DESIRED. I OVERFLEW THE NAVAJO WITH A COMFORTABLE MARGIN AND LANDED FURTHER DOWN THE RWY. AT THAT MOMENT THE TWR CTLR CLRED THE NAVAJO FOR TKOF. IT BECAME IMMEDIATELY CLR THAT THE TWR CTLR HAD FORGOTTEN OUR EXISTENCE. THE NAVAJO PLT QUESTIONED THE CLRNC, ENDING THE INCIDENT. PLTS MANY TIMES WORK UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT CTLRS ALWAYS HAVE THE SIT UNDER CTL. WE MUST REMEMBER THAT THEY ARE ALSO HUMAN AND MAKE MISTAKES.
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.