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Instructor pilot doesn't see that student has wrong frequency selected and aircraft enters runway and aircraft goes around because student had selected another tower's frequency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1213799 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201410 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MRI.Airport |
| State Reference | AK |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 30000 Flight Crew Type 4000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Incursion Runway |
Narrative:
Instructor and student held short of runway 25 at merrill field. Student dialed in the wrong frequency 126.8 (lake hood towers frequency) on the left side of the instrument panel which is in front of the student and should have been frequency 126.0. The instructor did not notice that the wrong frequency was entered. The tower issued takeoff instructions to the instructor and student and when they entered the runway someone said to stop. Another aircraft was on final to runway 25 at merrill field and went around. I would recommend that the frequency for lake hood and merrill be changed so this mistake would not happen again. Also positioning the airplane to face the final traffic would have prevented this incident from occurring.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Instructor pilot doesn't see that student has wrong frequency selected and aircraft enters runway and aircraft goes around because student had selected another Tower's frequency.
Narrative: Instructor and Student held short of Runway 25 at Merrill Field. Student dialed in the wrong frequency 126.8 (Lake Hood Towers frequency) on the left side of the instrument panel which is in front of the student and should have been frequency 126.0. The instructor did not notice that the wrong frequency was entered. The tower issued takeoff instructions to the instructor and student and when they entered the runway someone said to stop. Another aircraft was on final to Runway 25 at Merrill Field and went around. I would recommend that the frequency for Lake Hood and Merrill be changed so this mistake would not happen again. Also positioning the airplane to face the final traffic would have prevented this incident from occurring.
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.