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BE200 pilot reported filing a VFR flight plan to mmtj from further south in mexico. When mmtj tower was contacted for landing; the instructions were to enter a left base for runway 26R. Mmtj only has runway 9/27 and after several queries the reporter was switched to sdm tower and cleared to land runway 26R. No eapis had been filed for landing in the USA.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1286965 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201508 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SDM.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Super King Air 200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 2900 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Filled VFR from ZZZZ to mmtj. I was on with mexico approach who told me contact mmtj tower. I contacted tijuana tower and they told me to report 3 miles out. I reported 3 miles out. They said I was cleared left base runaway 26r. I asked say runway assignment. They said 26r. I responded you mean runway 27? He said runway 26. I again responded 3 more time you mean runway 27? The tower said contact this frequency. So I did. The frequency was brownfield sdm. Brown tower then cleared me to land runway 26r. Before tijuana tower handed me off I told the tower he was making a mistake. I really had no choice but to continue for runway 26r at brown field. Any deviations I would have tried to make would have caused a traffic conflict as there were multiple targets on my TCAS. I felt as pilot in command; the safest course of action was to land at brown field. I did not have a eapis (electronic advanced passenger information system) filled.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BE200 pilot reported filing a VFR flight plan to MMTJ from further south in Mexico. When MMTJ Tower was contacted for landing; the instructions were to enter a left base for Runway 26R. MMTJ only has Runway 9/27 and after several queries the reporter was switched to SDM Tower and cleared to land Runway 26R. No EAPIS had been filed for landing in the USA.
Narrative: Filled VFR from ZZZZ to MMTJ. I was on with Mexico approach who told me contact MMTJ tower. I contacted Tijuana tower and they told me to report 3 miles out. I reported 3 miles out. They said I was cleared left base runaway 26r. I asked say runway assignment. They said 26r. I responded you mean runway 27? He said runway 26. I again responded 3 more time you mean runway 27? The tower said contact this frequency. So I did. The frequency was brownfield SDM. Brown tower then cleared me to land runway 26r. Before Tijuana tower handed me off I told the tower he was making a mistake. I really had no choice but to continue for runway 26r at Brown field. Any deviations I would have tried to make would have caused a traffic conflict as there were multiple targets on my TCAS. I felt as pilot in command; the safest course of action was to land at Brown field. I did not have a EAPIS (Electronic Advanced Passenger Information System) filled.
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.