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A VFR general aviation pilot returning from a sight seeing flight reported ATC did not provide the proper level of service.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1712188 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201912 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SQL.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | VFR Route |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 300 Flight Crew Total 2100 Flight Crew Type 150 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Returning from a VFR flight following an aircraft. ATC diverted us to cross over an airport on the way to runway 12 at san carlos. I heard the preceding aircraft cleared to land as it was crossing over another airport. About 6 minutes later; I was over the same airport. ATC asked us to contact san carlos tower. San carlos tower asked us to report a VFR reporting point and cleared us to land runway 12. There was a 20 knot headwind crossing towards san carlos so this 11 miles took a long time.this is the start of a pattern at san carlos. On earlier flights I have been cleared to land as I was leaving oakland's class charlie well before san mateo bridge going to runway 30. I have also been approved for change of frequency at 400 ft. Before reaching the diamond shaped waterway on a coyote hills departure. I find it hard to believe that there was little traffic on sfo arrival that would warrant a lack of controlling over site as the flight goes under sfo's ILS for significantly long periods of time. San carlos tower has been severely understaffed for 15 months.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A VFR General Aviation pilot returning from a sight seeing flight reported ATC did not provide the proper level of service.
Narrative: Returning from a VFR flight following an aircraft. ATC diverted us to cross over an airport on the way to Runway 12 at San Carlos. I heard the preceding aircraft cleared to land as it was crossing over another airport. About 6 minutes later; I was over the same airport. ATC asked us to contact San Carlos Tower. San Carlos Tower asked us to report a VFR reporting point and cleared us to land Runway 12. There was a 20 knot headwind crossing towards San Carlos so this 11 miles took a long time.This is the start of a pattern at San Carlos. On earlier flights I have been cleared to land as I was leaving Oakland's Class Charlie well before San Mateo Bridge going to Runway 30. I have also been approved for change of frequency at 400 ft. before reaching the diamond shaped waterway on a coyote hills departure. I find it hard to believe that there was little traffic on SFO arrival that would warrant a lack of controlling over site as the flight goes under SFO's ILS for significantly long periods of time. San Carlos Tower has been severely understaffed for 15 months.
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.