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Pilot of light aircraft inadvertently penetrates arsa on descent when distracted by crying child passenger with ear blockage problem.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 115875 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198907 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : osu |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 4000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : cmh tower : osu tracon : zdc |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 3300 flight time type : 40 |
| ASRS Report | 115875 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
Descending from 10,000' VFR, 18 mi west of osu. 3 yr old son in right seat, asleep. At 4000', still high, still descending, son starts to scream. Call tower to request level off due to ear problems. Tower tells me to make low approach. Lost sight of airport at dusk in haze, and screaming son. Ended up at 3400' 2 mi south of osu. Tower asked where in the world was I and to contact columbus approach. Did so and he asked me what was the situation. He could hear my son so that confirmed my difficulty. The approach controller turned me back over to osu, and osu had me make a low approach at 2000', so now I have to descend fast again. But we did it. Then I was cleared to land, and I landed. Then the tower told me I did not have navigation lights on. Fortunately they did not ask me to call them. Son was able to clear his ears before landing and he is just fine.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF LIGHT ACFT INADVERTENTLY PENETRATES ARSA ON DESCENT WHEN DISTRACTED BY CRYING CHILD PASSENGER WITH EAR BLOCKAGE PROBLEM.
Narrative: DESCENDING FROM 10,000' VFR, 18 MI W OF OSU. 3 YR OLD SON IN RIGHT SEAT, ASLEEP. AT 4000', STILL HIGH, STILL DESCENDING, SON STARTS TO SCREAM. CALL TWR TO REQUEST LEVEL OFF DUE TO EAR PROBLEMS. TWR TELLS ME TO MAKE LOW APCH. LOST SIGHT OF ARPT AT DUSK IN HAZE, AND SCREAMING SON. ENDED UP AT 3400' 2 MI S OF OSU. TWR ASKED WHERE IN THE WORLD WAS I AND TO CONTACT COLUMBUS APCH. DID SO AND HE ASKED ME WHAT WAS THE SITUATION. HE COULD HEAR MY SON SO THAT CONFIRMED MY DIFFICULTY. THE APCH CTLR TURNED ME BACK OVER TO OSU, AND OSU HAD ME MAKE A LOW APCH AT 2000', SO NOW I HAVE TO DSND FAST AGAIN. BUT WE DID IT. THEN I WAS CLRED TO LAND, AND I LANDED. THEN THE TWR TOLD ME I DID NOT HAVE NAV LIGHTS ON. FORTUNATELY THEY DID NOT ASK ME TO CALL THEM. SON WAS ABLE TO CLEAR HIS EARS BEFORE LNDG AND HE IS JUST FINE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.