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Attributes | |
ACN | 1273188 |
Time | |
Date | 201506 |
Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | UUO.Airport |
State Reference | AK |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Cessna Stationair/Turbo Stationair 6 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
Flight Plan | VFR |
Person 1 | |
Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 88 Flight Crew Total 4588 Flight Crew Type 3145 |
Events | |
Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Airspace Violation All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I called fai FSS to be briefed on a flight to uuo. Brief was good and I specifically asked about notams and tfrs. At the time there was a big tfr adjacent to uuo. In fact the tfr specially had a notch cut out of it to allow VFR traffic in and out of uuo! Upon arrival at uuo (12.5nm out) a voice came up on uuo's CTAF freq. Requesting me to come up on towers frequency 123.45 which I did; requested and received clearance to land. Uuo is a small typical dirt alaskan non towered airport and has never had a tower before; ever! Talking with tower after landing I was informed this was a temporary tower due to the volume of increased traffic for the wild forest fire. Good idea FAA. So I immediately called back to fairbanks FSS and complained about not be given that NOTAM during preflight.the reply was that the NOTAM for uuo was accidentally filed at iys; another airport 25 miles away.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C206 pilot reported being advised in AUUO area to contact temporary tower. Pilot stated there was apparently an error in filing the Tower NOTAM; which was filed for a different airport.
Narrative: I called FAI FSS to be briefed on a flight to UUO. Brief was good and I specifically asked about NOTAMs and TFRs. At the time there was a big TFR adjacent to UUO. In fact the TFR specially had a notch cut out of it to allow VFR traffic in and out of UUO! Upon arrival at UUO (12.5nm out) a voice came up on UUO's CTAF freq. requesting me to come up on TOWERs frequency 123.45 which I did; requested and received clearance to land. UUO is a small typical dirt Alaskan non towered airport and has never had a tower before; ever! Talking with tower after landing I was informed this was a temporary tower due to the volume of increased traffic for the wild forest fire. Good idea FAA. So I immediately called back to Fairbanks FSS and complained about not be given that NOTAM during preflight.The reply was that the NOTAM for UUO was accidentally filed at IYS; another airport 25 miles away.
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.