Two pilots in a light twin reported landing at ads after mistaking it for a much smaller F69. A new ...

Attributes
ACN	930722
Time
Date	201101
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ADS.Airport
State Reference	TX
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Transport Low Wing 2 Turboprop Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Vectors Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Check Pilot First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 950 Flight Crew Type 407
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 56 Flight Crew Total 12400 Flight Crew Type 300
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Landing Without Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Ground Incursion Runway

Narrative:

I had filed flight plan to ads which we amended about 100 mile from dallas to land at F69 airport and not at ads. My second pilot was flying the aircraft and was being vectored from dallas ATC down at 3;000 ft and told to turn west bound; north of ads/F69; and given instructions to follow the challenger who was going to ads. ATC asked do we see the airport at 9 O'clock. The pilot flying replied yes; we canceled our IFR and went VFR 1200 on the code; switched to the tower ads frequency they told us we cleared to dallas airpark F69 which is next to ads; less than 3 miles. The pilot flying switched after talking ads to the common unicom for F69 we were so close at the time; however he was landing at ads and not F69 there was a aircraft on the runway; did a go around and landed at ads and than realized it was ads and not F69 . The pilot flying had mixed up between airport same flight; we were so close and looking outside the cockpit; there was a lot of traffic and it was our first time to those airport. The pilot flying called the tower on a land line at the FBO and explained. The tower told him it happen often there; that is not good. Maybe the tower should have advised us when we were talking to them. F69 is so small and looks like a street and not a airport. The pilot flying had landed in controlled airspace without clearance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Two pilots in a light twin reported landing at ADS after mistaking it for a much smaller F69. A new clearance was received and the flight continued to the filed destination.

Narrative: I had filed flight plan to ADS which we amended about 100 mile from Dallas to land at F69 airport and not at ADS. My second pilot was flying the aircraft and was being vectored from Dallas ATC down at 3;000 FT and told to turn west bound; north of ADS/F69; and given instructions to follow the Challenger who was going to ADS. ATC asked do we see the airport at 9 O'Clock. The pilot flying replied yes; we canceled our IFR and went VFR 1200 on the code; switched to the Tower ADS frequency they told us we cleared to Dallas airpark F69 which is next to ADS; less than 3 miles. The pilot flying switched after talking ADS to the common Unicom for F69 we were so close at the time; however he was landing at ADS and not F69 there was a aircraft on the runway; did a go around and landed at ADS and than realized it was ADS and Not F69 . The pilot flying had MIXED up between airport same flight; we were so close and looking outside the cockpit; there was a lot of traffic and it was our first time to those airport. The pilot flying called the Tower on a land line at the FBO and explained. The Tower told him it happen often there; that is not good. Maybe the Tower should have advised us when we were talking to them. F69 is so small and looks like a street and not a airport. The pilot flying had landed in controlled airspace without clearance.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Two pilots in a light twin reported landing at ads after mistaking it for a much smaller F69. A new clearance was received and the flight continued to the filed destination.