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Unauthorized takeoff procedure when C152 had been cleared for a full stop. Instructor student pilot were thinking touch and go.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 353980 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199611 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lgb |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lgb |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 152 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | instruction : instructor oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 69 flight time total : 615 |
| ASRS Report | 353980 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot instruction : trainee |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : runway non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I was teaching my student how to land at long beach airport on nov xx 1996. My student, who is from england, was having a particularly hard time learning to land. He was thoroughly disgusted and was thinking of returning to england without finishing his training. I was asked to fly with him and to see if I could help him. We did an earlier training session, approximately AB00 am to AC30 am, on runway 25R and he grew tired and we stopped. We broke for lunch and returned for our second training session. We were again doing lndgs at long beach airport on runway 25R. The airport was saturated with airplanes on the ground and in the air. My student and I were practicing touch and goes on runway 25R. We had done approximately 7 lndgs. The student, who is approximately 75 yrs old, was feeling rather 'down' about his flying. I was trying to motivate him and at the same time teach him how to land. He was just starting to understand how to land. The second to the last landing, he wanted to stop because he was tired. He really did a nice job of landing the airplane. I was really happy for him because he just did a perfect landing. While he was doing so well, I wanted him to do one more, just to see and feel a good landing again. In the excitement, I had forgotten that we were cleared to land and not cleared for touch and go. There was a B737 holding in position on runway 30. The jet was never released, and the tower was doing a great job and held the departing jet. I know that I was clearly wrong in this situation. The way to prevent this in the future, is for me not to get so emotionally involved with my student's successes. To stay alert to my surrounding more closely. I don't believe this would have happened if I wasn't trying to encourage a student with a disgusted attitude, and the tower being saturated with airplanes. The tower was on his toes and prevented a mishap.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: UNAUTH TKOF PROC WHEN C152 HAD BEEN CLRED FOR A FULL STOP. INSTRUCTOR STUDENT PLT WERE THINKING TOUCH AND GO.
Narrative: I WAS TEACHING MY STUDENT HOW TO LAND AT LONG BEACH ARPT ON NOV XX 1996. MY STUDENT, WHO IS FROM ENGLAND, WAS HAVING A PARTICULARLY HARD TIME LEARNING TO LAND. HE WAS THOROUGHLY DISGUSTED AND WAS THINKING OF RETURNING TO ENGLAND WITHOUT FINISHING HIS TRAINING. I WAS ASKED TO FLY WITH HIM AND TO SEE IF I COULD HELP HIM. WE DID AN EARLIER TRAINING SESSION, APPROX AB00 AM TO AC30 AM, ON RWY 25R AND HE GREW TIRED AND WE STOPPED. WE BROKE FOR LUNCH AND RETURNED FOR OUR SECOND TRAINING SESSION. WE WERE AGAIN DOING LNDGS AT LONG BEACH ARPT ON RWY 25R. THE ARPT WAS SATURATED WITH AIRPLANES ON THE GND AND IN THE AIR. MY STUDENT AND I WERE PRACTICING TOUCH AND GOES ON RWY 25R. WE HAD DONE APPROX 7 LNDGS. THE STUDENT, WHO IS APPROX 75 YRS OLD, WAS FEELING RATHER 'DOWN' ABOUT HIS FLYING. I WAS TRYING TO MOTIVATE HIM AND AT THE SAME TIME TEACH HIM HOW TO LAND. HE WAS JUST STARTING TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO LAND. THE SECOND TO THE LAST LNDG, HE WANTED TO STOP BECAUSE HE WAS TIRED. HE REALLY DID A NICE JOB OF LNDG THE AIRPLANE. I WAS REALLY HAPPY FOR HIM BECAUSE HE JUST DID A PERFECT LNDG. WHILE HE WAS DOING SO WELL, I WANTED HIM TO DO ONE MORE, JUST TO SEE AND FEEL A GOOD LNDG AGAIN. IN THE EXCITEMENT, I HAD FORGOTTEN THAT WE WERE CLRED TO LAND AND NOT CLRED FOR TOUCH AND GO. THERE WAS A B737 HOLDING IN POS ON RWY 30. THE JET WAS NEVER RELEASED, AND THE TWR WAS DOING A GREAT JOB AND HELD THE DEPARTING JET. I KNOW THAT I WAS CLEARLY WRONG IN THIS SIT. THE WAY TO PREVENT THIS IN THE FUTURE, IS FOR ME NOT TO GET SO EMOTIONALLY INVOLVED WITH MY STUDENT'S SUCCESSES. TO STAY ALERT TO MY SURROUNDING MORE CLOSELY. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WASN'T TRYING TO ENCOURAGE A STUDENT WITH A DISGUSTED ATTITUDE, AND THE TWR BEING SATURATED WITH AIRPLANES. THE TWR WAS ON HIS TOES AND PREVENTED A MISHAP.
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.