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C188B on a ferry flight landing fll encountered communication radio failure. Flew over airport and landed. Thought saw a green light but tower later informed they had not seen the aircraft until on final approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 352059 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199611 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fll |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 1000 agl bound upper : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : fll |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | Ag Wagon 188/Ag Truck/Ag Husky |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 7600 flight time type : 1300 |
| ASRS Report | 352059 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe incursion : landing without clearance |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
I tuned my radio to ft lauderdale ATIS, got information and then tried to call the tower at 8.2 mi. They could not hear me, and the radio faded out to nothing receivable. I flew over the airport at 1500 ft and did a downwind entry for runway 13. Watching vigorously for other airplanes, I followed the flow of traffic. At one point I thought I could see light gun flashes of green so I landed. The flashes I saw may have been reflections from some other light source because the tower supervisor later told me that they had not seen me until I was on final. When the radio failed I was so close to destination that instead of flying to an uncontrolled airport like I should have, I went ahead and flew a no radio traffic entry for the purpose of landing where I needed to go for customs processing. The airplane has no transponder. It is a crop duster en route to brazil.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C188B ON A FERRY FLT LNDG FLL ENCOUNTERED COM RADIO FAILURE. FLEW OVER ARPT AND LANDED. THOUGHT SAW A GREEN LIGHT BUT TWR LATER INFORMED THEY HAD NOT SEEN THE ACFT UNTIL ON FINAL APCH.
Narrative: I TUNED MY RADIO TO FT LAUDERDALE ATIS, GOT INFO AND THEN TRIED TO CALL THE TWR AT 8.2 MI. THEY COULD NOT HEAR ME, AND THE RADIO FADED OUT TO NOTHING RECEIVABLE. I FLEW OVER THE ARPT AT 1500 FT AND DID A DOWNWIND ENTRY FOR RWY 13. WATCHING VIGOROUSLY FOR OTHER AIRPLANES, I FOLLOWED THE FLOW OF TFC. AT ONE POINT I THOUGHT I COULD SEE LIGHT GUN FLASHES OF GREEN SO I LANDED. THE FLASHES I SAW MAY HAVE BEEN REFLECTIONS FROM SOME OTHER LIGHT SOURCE BECAUSE THE TWR SUPVR LATER TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD NOT SEEN ME UNTIL I WAS ON FINAL. WHEN THE RADIO FAILED I WAS SO CLOSE TO DEST THAT INSTEAD OF FLYING TO AN UNCTLED ARPT LIKE I SHOULD HAVE, I WENT AHEAD AND FLEW A NO RADIO TFC ENTRY FOR THE PURPOSE OF LNDG WHERE I NEEDED TO GO FOR CUSTOMS PROCESSING. THE AIRPLANE HAS NO XPONDER. IT IS A CROP DUSTER ENRTE TO BRAZIL.
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.