Small aircraft X landed on parallel taxiway alpha vs runway 25R. Pilot deviation. Situation: 33 inad...

Attributes
ACN	157577
Time
Date	199009
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dvt
State Reference	AZ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Experience	controller non radar : 3 controller radar : 3
ASRS Report	157577
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

I had just relieved a controller on local and started to work. The small aircraft X which was on final for runway 25R at the time of the relief briefing landed on taxiway alpha. I had just taken the position a min before the occurrence. Due to the recent resurfacing and widening of this taxiway there have been over 25 taxiway lndgs on it. I believe this is due to limited markings on it which is also the same reason implied by the pilots. The pilot was counseled by the area supervisor with no further action to be taken! A contributing factor my have been that the pilot was landing to the west with the sun directly in his eyes. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information. Reporter stated type aircraft was small aircraft. Pilot violations are not being filed by order of the facility manager. Ucr has not been filed. Facility manager has not sent letter to airman about the problem. Facility manager has not met with airport district office about airport markings. Facility manager has issued recent directive for information to be put on ATIS. 'Caution there is a parallel taxiway north of runway 25R'. Reporter said there have not been any inadvertent lndgs with this new information on the ATIS.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA X LANDED ON PARALLEL TXWY ALPHA VS RWY 25R. PLTDEV. SITUATION: 33 INADVERTENT LNDGS ON TXWY 'A' SINCE WIDENING AND RESURFACING IN 1/90.

Narrative: I HAD JUST RELIEVED A CTLR ON LCL AND STARTED TO WORK. THE SMA X WHICH WAS ON FINAL FOR RWY 25R AT THE TIME OF THE RELIEF BRIEFING LANDED ON TXWY ALPHA. I HAD JUST TAKEN THE POS A MIN BEFORE THE OCCURRENCE. DUE TO THE RECENT RESURFACING AND WIDENING OF THIS TXWY THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 25 TXWY LNDGS ON IT. I BELIEVE THIS IS DUE TO LIMITED MARKINGS ON IT WHICH IS ALSO THE SAME REASON IMPLIED BY THE PLTS. THE PLT WAS COUNSELED BY THE AREA SUPVR WITH NO FURTHER ACTION TO BE TAKEN! A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR MY HAVE BEEN THAT THE PLT WAS LNDG TO THE W WITH THE SUN DIRECTLY IN HIS EYES. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO. RPTR STATED TYPE ACFT WAS SMA. PLT VIOLATIONS ARE NOT BEING FILED BY ORDER OF THE FAC MGR. UCR HAS NOT BEEN FILED. FAC MGR HAS NOT SENT LETTER TO AIRMAN ABOUT THE PROB. FAC MGR HAS NOT MET WITH ARPT DISTRICT OFFICE ABOUT ARPT MARKINGS. FAC MGR HAS ISSUED RECENT DIRECTIVE FOR INFO TO BE PUT ON ATIS. 'CAUTION THERE IS A PARALLEL TXWY N OF RWY 25R'. RPTR SAID THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY INADVERTENT LNDGS WITH THIS NEW INFO ON THE ATIS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.

Small aircraft X landed on parallel taxiway alpha vs runway 25R. Pilot deviation. Situation: 33 inadvertent lndgs on taxiway 'a' since widening and resurfacing in 1/90.