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Instructor report regarding student pilot on a solo cross country who is disoriented and lands at a tower controled airport without clearance believing it to be the non tower airport at which he intended to land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 384121 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199710 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : vrb airport : imm |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 500 msl bound upper : 500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : vrb tower : asg |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 150 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer II/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | observation : observer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 1045 |
| ASRS Report | 384121 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : student |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac incursion : landing without clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Student pilot, during a cross country flight became disoriented and mistook vrb for imm. While self announcing and positioning to land he had a conflict with an aircraft within close proximity. He landed at vrb without a clearance, plus taxied without clearance. The instructor in the aircraft that had a near miss talked with the student. The student, also, talked with the tower. The problem may have been solved if he was receiving flight following with miami 132.25 or contacted FSS for a DF steer or used 121.5 for assistance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: INSTRUCTOR RPT REGARDING STUDENT PLT ON A SOLO XCOUNTRY WHO IS DISORIENTED AND LANDS AT A TWR CTLED ARPT WITHOUT CLRNC BELIEVING IT TO BE THE NON TWR ARPT AT WHICH HE INTENDED TO LAND.
Narrative: STUDENT PLT, DURING A XCOUNTRY FLT BECAME DISORIENTED AND MISTOOK VRB FOR IMM. WHILE SELF ANNOUNCING AND POSITIONING TO LAND HE HAD A CONFLICT WITH AN ACFT WITHIN CLOSE PROX. HE LANDED AT VRB WITHOUT A CLRNC, PLUS TAXIED WITHOUT CLRNC. THE INSTRUCTOR IN THE ACFT THAT HAD A NEAR MISS TALKED WITH THE STUDENT. THE STUDENT, ALSO, TALKED WITH THE TWR. THE PROB MAY HAVE BEEN SOLVED IF HE WAS RECEIVING FLT FOLLOWING WITH MIAMI 132.25 OR CONTACTED FSS FOR A DF STEER OR USED 121.5 FOR ASSISTANCE.
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.