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Pilot of small aircraft on first cross country solo was unable to find his chkpoints or identify airports, returned to home airport for landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 196139 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199112 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mlb |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : fpr |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff cruise other landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : student |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 23 flight time total : 33 flight time type : 33 |
| ASRS Report | 196139 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified cockpit |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : became reoriented |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I was on a solo cross country from melbourne to okeechobee to witham. Everything was fine, made it to okeechobee then headed toward witham. I was looking for my first check point and felt it should be around somewhere. Found what I thought was my first check point, but really wasn't. Ended up going too far north, saw the airport I thought was the airport I wanted to be at (witham). The airport was in fact st lucie. Called up witham said to transition over, but actually I transitioned over (15 1500 ft) st lucie. Came up on vero beach, called st lucie to transition over. Came up to sebastian (uncontrolled) began to call vero beach, then received what I thought was vero beach, was really sebastian. Cancelled my transition over and continued flying home, realizing my complete mistake was missing witham in the first place.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF SMA ON FIRST XCOUNTRY SOLO WAS UNABLE TO FIND HIS CHKPOINTS OR IDENT ARPTS, RETURNED TO HOME ARPT FOR LNDG.
Narrative: I WAS ON A SOLO XCOUNTRY FROM MELBOURNE TO OKEECHOBEE TO WITHAM. EVERYTHING WAS FINE, MADE IT TO OKEECHOBEE THEN HEADED TOWARD WITHAM. I WAS LOOKING FOR MY FIRST CHK POINT AND FELT IT SHOULD BE AROUND SOMEWHERE. FOUND WHAT I THOUGHT WAS MY FIRST CHK POINT, BUT REALLY WASN'T. ENDED UP GOING TOO FAR N, SAW THE ARPT I THOUGHT WAS THE ARPT I WANTED TO BE AT (WITHAM). THE ARPT WAS IN FACT ST LUCIE. CALLED UP WITHAM SAID TO TRANSITION OVER, BUT ACTUALLY I TRANSITIONED OVER (15 1500 FT) ST LUCIE. CAME UP ON VERO BEACH, CALLED ST LUCIE TO TRANSITION OVER. CAME UP TO SEBASTIAN (UNCTLED) BEGAN TO CALL VERO BEACH, THEN RECEIVED WHAT I THOUGHT WAS VERO BEACH, WAS REALLY SEBASTIAN. CANCELLED MY TRANSITION OVER AND CONTINUED FLYING HOME, REALIZING MY COMPLETE MISTAKE WAS MISSING WITHAM IN THE FIRST PLACE.
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.