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A general aviation pilot reports being cleared for the visual approach to runway 24 at bhm but becomes confused and lines up for runway 6. A loud squeal from the radio caused by tv antennas 7 NM southwest of the field causes the radio volume to be turned way down and calls from the tower go unheard.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1178351 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201406 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | BHM.Tower |
| State Reference | AL |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | VHF |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 130 Flight Crew Total 1350 Flight Crew Type 125 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
I was dodging thunderstorms enroute to bhm and approaching from an abnormal direction; I was planning on the localizer 24 approach; and had that briefed; tuned; and set on two different navs. I picked up the airport around 18 NM out; and was cleared for the visual approach; at that time went visual; mistook runway 6 for 24 and no longer used my navs for course guidance. After being cleared for the approach I was switched to tower; after checking in with tower I was cleared to land 24; not seconds after getting cleared to land 24 there was a high frequency tone that I originally thought was being transmitted by an aircraft (I was later informed that this is a known issue from the tv towers on the hill southwest of the field) and at this stage of the flight needing to focus; there were storms just east of the field; I turned my radio down which unintentionally was all the way down. I immediately turned in to land on what I mistook for runway 24. From what I understand tower did try and call me to advise me of my lining up to the wrong runway but due to the interference from the antennas I had my radios all the way down. It wasn't until I was well off the runway after calling for taxi that I realized my radios were all the way down.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A General Aviation pilot reports being cleared for the visual approach to Runway 24 at BHM but becomes confused and lines up for Runway 6. A loud squeal from the radio caused by TV antennas 7 NM southwest of the field causes the radio volume to be turned way down and calls from the Tower go unheard.
Narrative: I was dodging thunderstorms enroute to BHM and approaching from an abnormal direction; I was planning on the localizer 24 approach; and had that briefed; tuned; and set on two different navs. I picked up the airport around 18 NM out; and was cleared for the visual approach; at that time went visual; mistook Runway 6 for 24 and no longer used my navs for course guidance. After being cleared for the approach I was switched to Tower; after checking in with Tower I was cleared to land 24; not seconds after getting cleared to land 24 there was a high frequency tone that I originally thought was being transmitted by an aircraft (I was later informed that this is a known issue from the TV towers on the hill southwest of the field) and at this stage of the flight needing to focus; there were storms just east of the field; I turned my radio down which unintentionally was all the way down. I immediately turned in to land on what I mistook for Runway 24. From what I understand Tower did try and call me to advise me of my lining up to the wrong runway but due to the interference from the antennas I had my radios all the way down. It wasn't until I was well off the runway after calling for taxi that I realized my radios were all the way down.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.