Instructor with 2 instrument students simulating instrument approach to vrb airport aligned with run...

Attributes
ACN	188217
Time
Date	199109
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : fpr
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : fpr tower : vrb
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : go around
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : instructor
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 152 flight time total : 3446 flight time type : 30
ASRS Report	188217
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : private
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	flight crew : became reoriented other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

This was the second half of a back to back training flight. Both students were practicing basic attitude instrument flying. The second student was in the left seat under the hood, the instructor was in the right seat, and the first student was sitting in the back observing. The instructor was simulating vectors for a straight in approach to runway 11R at vero beach and had established contact with vero beach tower. On about a 3 mi final to what the instructor thought was vero beach the student in the back seat alerted the instructor that the airport runway the aircraft was lined up on was runway 11 at fort pierce airport about 6 mi south F the vero beach tower per its instructions to report a 3 mi final and did so (instructor was simulating ATC). The student in the back advised the instructor of traffic. When the instructor realized what happened he told the student flying to execute an immediate left turn and head to the vero beach airport. No contact ever was established with the fort pierce airport tower. On the first flight the instructor had vectored the first student for a straight in to runway 11R at vero beach. The instructor was keeping track of the aircraft's position but became somewhat disoriented. Vero beach tower queried the instructor (who was working the radios) as to his position because of the instructor's position reporting. Because of what happened the first flight the instructor was determined to keep the vero beach airport in sight the entire second flight. Because of scattered cloud base the highest altitude the flight could attain was 2000 AGL, and because of the distance away from the airport it was difficult to keep it in sight. The instructor had recently gained employment with the flight school and both flts were his first activities in the particular area he was navigating in. He was familiar with the general terrain features after flying as observer on 2 other flts during his standardization. Much of the terrain appeared alike, but the instructor can offer no excuse about becoming disoriented. Aside from his chagrin in front of his students and especially himself, this event proves that an experienced pilot and flight instructor can commit common student errors.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: INSTRUCTOR WITH 2 INST STUDENTS SIMULATING INST APCH TO VRB ARPT ALIGNED WITH RWY AT FPR. ENTERED FPR ATA WITHOUT COM.

Narrative: THIS WAS THE SECOND HALF OF A BACK TO BACK TRAINING FLT. BOTH STUDENTS WERE PRACTICING BASIC ATTITUDE INST FLYING. THE SECOND STUDENT WAS IN THE L SEAT UNDER THE HOOD, THE INSTRUCTOR WAS IN THE R SEAT, AND THE FIRST STUDENT WAS SITTING IN THE BACK OBSERVING. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS SIMULATING VECTORS FOR A STRAIGHT IN APCH TO RWY 11R AT VERO BEACH AND HAD ESTABLISHED CONTACT WITH VERO BEACH TWR. ON ABOUT A 3 MI FINAL TO WHAT THE INSTRUCTOR THOUGHT WAS VERO BEACH THE STUDENT IN THE BACK SEAT ALERTED THE INSTRUCTOR THAT THE ARPT RWY THE ACFT WAS LINED UP ON WAS RWY 11 AT FORT PIERCE ARPT ABOUT 6 MI S F THE VERO BEACH TWR PER ITS INSTRUCTIONS TO RPT A 3 MI FINAL AND DID SO (INSTRUCTOR WAS SIMULATING ATC). THE STUDENT IN THE BACK ADVISED THE INSTRUCTOR OF TFC. WHEN THE INSTRUCTOR REALIZED WHAT HAPPENED HE TOLD THE STUDENT FLYING TO EXECUTE AN IMMEDIATE L TURN AND HEAD TO THE VERO BEACH ARPT. NO CONTACT EVER WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE FORT PIERCE ARPT TWR. ON THE FIRST FLT THE INSTRUCTOR HAD VECTORED THE FIRST STUDENT FOR A STRAIGHT IN TO RWY 11R AT VERO BEACH. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS KEEPING TRACK OF THE ACFT'S POS BUT BECAME SOMEWHAT DISORIENTED. VERO BEACH TWR QUERIED THE INSTRUCTOR (WHO WAS WORKING THE RADIOS) AS TO HIS POS BECAUSE OF THE INSTRUCTOR'S POS RPTING. BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED THE FIRST FLT THE INSTRUCTOR WAS DETERMINED TO KEEP THE VERO BEACH ARPT IN SIGHT THE ENTIRE SECOND FLT. BECAUSE OF SCATTERED CLOUD BASE THE HIGHEST ALT THE FLT COULD ATTAIN WAS 2000 AGL, AND BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE ARPT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO KEEP IT IN SIGHT. THE INSTRUCTOR HAD RECENTLY GAINED EMPLOYMENT WITH THE FLT SCHOOL AND BOTH FLTS WERE HIS FIRST ACTIVITIES IN THE PARTICULAR AREA HE WAS NAVIGATING IN. HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE GENERAL TERRAIN FEATURES AFTER FLYING AS OBSERVER ON 2 OTHER FLTS DURING HIS STANDARDIZATION. MUCH OF THE TERRAIN APPEARED ALIKE, BUT THE INSTRUCTOR CAN OFFER NO EXCUSE ABOUT BECOMING DISORIENTED. ASIDE FROM HIS CHAGRIN IN FRONT OF HIS STUDENTS AND ESPECIALLY HIMSELF, THIS EVENT PROVES THAT AN EXPERIENCED PLT AND FLT INSTRUCTOR CAN COMMIT COMMON STUDENT ERRORS.

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.

Instructor with 2 instrument students simulating instrument approach to vrb airport aligned with runway at fpr. Entered fpr air traffic area without communication.