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A CFI reported that his student inadvertently called the sdm tower for taxi instructions instead of the nzy tower on which airport they were located.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 455390 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199911 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : nzy.airport |
| State Reference | AB |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 152 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | instruction : instructor oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 800 flight time type : 380 |
| ASRS Report | 455390 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | instruction : trainee |
| Qualification | pilot : student |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
My student, when trying to call nzy ground to taxi for runup, was on sdm tower frequency. Sdm tower cleared us for taxi to runup. They should have recognized the bad call. So should I. We taxied to our runup without any problems and that is where I noticed the error.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CFI RPTED THAT HIS STUDENT INADVERTENTLY CALLED THE SDM TWR FOR TAXI INSTRUCTIONS INSTEAD OF THE NZY TWR ON WHICH ARPT THEY WERE LOCATED.
Narrative: MY STUDENT, WHEN TRYING TO CALL NZY GND TO TAXI FOR RUNUP, WAS ON SDM TWR FREQ. SDM TWR CLRED US FOR TAXI TO RUNUP. THEY SHOULD HAVE RECOGNIZED THE BAD CALL. SO SHOULD I. WE TAXIED TO OUR RUNUP WITHOUT ANY PROBS AND THAT IS WHERE I NOTICED THE ERROR.
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.