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Tower controller report on a C152 shooting a touch-and-go at fort pierce, fl. It was the wrong airport, pilot should have been at vero beach. Controller cites lack of ATC radar as contributing to incident. Vrb is a class 2 non radar VFR ATCT.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 373270 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199707 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fpr airport : vrb |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 152 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| ASRS Report | 373270 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
Aircraft inbound to vrb. Made a touch-and-go at fpr thinking he was at vrb. ATC radar would have prevented this.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: TWR CTLR RPT ON A C152 SHOOTING A TOUCH-AND-GO AT FORT PIERCE, FL. IT WAS THE WRONG ARPT, PLT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT VERO BEACH. CTLR CITES LACK OF ATC RADAR AS CONTRIBUTING TO INCIDENT. VRB IS A CLASS 2 NON RADAR VFR ATCT.
Narrative: ACFT INBOUND TO VRB. MADE A TOUCH-AND-GO AT FPR THINKING HE WAS AT VRB. ATC RADAR WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS.
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.