Narrative:

This flight was an IFR competency check flight. My aircraft was vectored onto the ILS runway 25R at lvk by stockton approach. Lndgs were being made on runway 7L at lvk due to winds favoring this runway. The approach was to be made to circling minimums of 940' MSL. Just outside of reiga LOM we were handed off to lvk tower to stockton approach. During the procedure I was wearing a hood to simulate IFR conditions. My instrument was acting as safety pilot for the approach which was to be executed in VFR conditions. After handoff to lvk tower the lvk controller requested our position. We reported to be just outside of reiga LOM. The controller then requesting we report passing through 1700'. The approach was proceeding normally with my instrument asking questions on certain aspects of the procedure while monitoring the tower and watching for other traffic. There was another aircraft in the air traffic area talking to lvk tower with a similar sounding call sign. The lvk controller had several exchanges with this aircraft. As we passed through 1700' we reported to lvk tower. At this point the lvk controller asked how we wished to terminate the approach. A low approach with a turn out to the south was requested. The controller responded by requesting that we enter right traffic for runway 7L. We continued inbound and were nearing the 940' missed approach point for the circling approach when the controller requested we turn left immediately and enter right traffic for runway 7L. He then stated that we were to have turned before coming within 2 mi of the airport. We requested a departure to the south and left the air traffic area. The controller requested we contact him by phone. On the phone he reiterated that he had requested we turn our crosswind to enter right traffic for runway 7L 2 mi from the airport. At no time did either my instrument or I either hear or acknowledge the restriction. If the controller made the request it could have been mixed up with the aircraft with the similar call sign or covered up by a simultaneous transmission. To turn at 2 mi from the airport would have required input form my instrument since this is not a defined point on the approach. If the request was made by the controller for a turn at 2 mi we clearly missed it.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA ON ILS APCH REQUESTS LOW APCH. CTLR ISSUES CLRNC TO ENTER TRAFFIC PATTERN.

Narrative: THIS FLT WAS AN IFR COMPETENCY CHK FLT. MY ACFT WAS VECTORED ONTO THE ILS RWY 25R AT LVK BY STOCKTON APCH. LNDGS WERE BEING MADE ON RWY 7L AT LVK DUE TO WINDS FAVORING THIS RWY. THE APCH WAS TO BE MADE TO CIRCLING MINIMUMS OF 940' MSL. JUST OUTSIDE OF REIGA LOM WE WERE HANDED OFF TO LVK TWR TO STOCKTON APCH. DURING THE PROC I WAS WEARING A HOOD TO SIMULATE IFR CONDITIONS. MY INSTR WAS ACTING AS SAFETY PLT FOR THE APCH WHICH WAS TO BE EXECUTED IN VFR CONDITIONS. AFTER HDOF TO LVK TWR THE LVK CTLR REQUESTED OUR POS. WE RPTED TO BE JUST OUTSIDE OF REIGA LOM. THE CTLR THEN REQUESTING WE RPT PASSING THROUGH 1700'. THE APCH WAS PROCEEDING NORMALLY WITH MY INSTR ASKING QUESTIONS ON CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE PROC WHILE MONITORING THE TWR AND WATCHING FOR OTHER TFC. THERE WAS ANOTHER ACFT IN THE ATA TALKING TO LVK TWR WITH A SIMILAR SOUNDING CALL SIGN. THE LVK CTLR HAD SEVERAL EXCHANGES WITH THIS ACFT. AS WE PASSED THROUGH 1700' WE RPTED TO LVK TWR. AT THIS POINT THE LVK CTLR ASKED HOW WE WISHED TO TERMINATE THE APCH. A LOW APCH WITH A TURN OUT TO THE S WAS REQUESTED. THE CTLR RESPONDED BY REQUESTING THAT WE ENTER RIGHT TFC FOR RWY 7L. WE CONTINUED INBND AND WERE NEARING THE 940' MISSED APCH POINT FOR THE CIRCLING APCH WHEN THE CTLR REQUESTED WE TURN LEFT IMMEDIATELY AND ENTER RIGHT TFC FOR RWY 7L. HE THEN STATED THAT WE WERE TO HAVE TURNED BEFORE COMING WITHIN 2 MI OF THE ARPT. WE REQUESTED A DEP TO THE S AND LEFT THE ATA. THE CTLR REQUESTED WE CONTACT HIM BY PHONE. ON THE PHONE HE REITERATED THAT HE HAD REQUESTED WE TURN OUR XWIND TO ENTER RIGHT TFC FOR RWY 7L 2 MI FROM THE ARPT. AT NO TIME DID EITHER MY INSTR OR I EITHER HEAR OR ACKNOWLEDGE THE RESTRICTION. IF THE CTLR MADE THE REQUEST IT COULD HAVE BEEN MIXED UP WITH THE ACFT WITH THE SIMILAR CALL SIGN OR COVERED UP BY A SIMULTANEOUS XMISSION. TO TURN AT 2 MI FROM THE ARPT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED INPUT FORM MY INSTR SINCE THIS IS NOT A DEFINED POINT ON THE APCH. IF THE REQUEST WAS MADE BY THE CTLR FOR A TURN AT 2 MI WE CLEARLY MISSED IT.

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.