<< >> NASA ASRS Report 550969, June 2002

Trainee and instructor execute go around at rhv when controller puts another small aircraft aircraft on runway 31R when C172 is on short final.

Attributes
ACN	550969
Time
Date	200206
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rhv.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 1000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : rhv.tower
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : go around
Route In Use	approach : traffic pattern
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : rhv.tower
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	ground : position and hold
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 6 flight time total : 250 flight time type : 4
ASRS Report	550969
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot instruction : instructor
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical ground encounters other non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : executed go around flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error

Narrative:

I was in the traffic pattern at rhv runway 31R with my instructor and another passenger. We received takeoff clearance and executed a right pattern. We did not receive landing clearance on short final, so we went around. While still on short final, the controller cleared another aircraft for position and hold. The other aircraft entered the runway at that time. We called the tower and told him we were going around and that he had cleared other traffic ahead of us on the runway he then chastised us for not giving 'position reports' (which are not usually required, and not requested of us anyway). We returned around the pattern and received clearance at the last min after we had initiated a go around. We went around again and finally landed with clearance, only after the first controller was relieved by another one.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TRAINEE AND INSTRUCTOR EXECUTE GAR AT RHV WHEN CTLR PUTS ANOTHER SMA ACFT ON RWY 31R WHEN C172 IS ON SHORT FINAL.

Narrative: I WAS IN THE TFC PATTERN AT RHV RWY 31R WITH MY INSTRUCTOR AND ANOTHER PAX. WE RECEIVED TKOF CLRNC AND EXECUTED A R PATTERN. WE DID NOT RECEIVE LNDG CLRNC ON SHORT FINAL, SO WE WENT AROUND. WHILE STILL ON SHORT FINAL, THE CTLR CLRED ANOTHER ACFT FOR POS AND HOLD. THE OTHER ACFT ENTERED THE RWY AT THAT TIME. WE CALLED THE TWR AND TOLD HIM WE WERE GOING AROUND AND THAT HE HAD CLRED OTHER TFC AHEAD OF US ON THE RWY HE THEN CHASTISED US FOR NOT GIVING 'POS RPTS' (WHICH ARE NOT USUALLY REQUIRED, AND NOT REQUESTED OF US ANYWAY). WE RETURNED AROUND THE PATTERN AND RECEIVED CLRNC AT THE LAST MIN AFTER WE HAD INITIATED A GAR. WE WENT AROUND AGAIN AND FINALLY LANDED WITH CLRNC, ONLY AFTER THE FIRST CTLR WAS RELIEVED BY ANOTHER ONE.

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.