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Low time GA pilot lands at fpr without contacting fpr tower, thinking that the airport was uncontrolled.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 201307 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199202 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fpr |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time total : 375 flight time type : 275 |
| ASRS Report | 201307 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : landing without clearance non adherence : far 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 |
Narrative:
While en route to ft pierce st lucie county airport to refuel on a trip to freeport bahamas, I landed at ft pierce which I thought was an uncontrolled field with a unicom frequency of 122.7 (which I called several times with no answer). I landed after following several light planes in. Upon landing, I was told to call the tower they told me they thought I had lost a radio and they had given me light signals. I told them that the chart I had showed this to be an uncontrolled field. They instructed me to be more careful in the future and I told them that I surely would. After talking with the tower I looked the airport up in my airport facility directory and found out that it was a controled field. Since the chart showed the field as a unicom airport, I did not think to look it up in the airport directory. I see now that I should have and in the future I will look up the airport that I am stopping at in the directory.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LOW TIME GA PLT LANDS AT FPR WITHOUT CONTACTING FPR TWR, THINKING THAT THE ARPT WAS UNCTLED.
Narrative: WHILE ENRTE TO FT PIERCE ST LUCIE COUNTY ARPT TO REFUEL ON A TRIP TO FREEPORT BAHAMAS, I LANDED AT FT PIERCE WHICH I THOUGHT WAS AN UNCTLED FIELD WITH A UNICOM FREQ OF 122.7 (WHICH I CALLED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO ANSWER). I LANDED AFTER FOLLOWING SEVERAL LIGHT PLANES IN. UPON LNDG, I WAS TOLD TO CALL THE TWR THEY TOLD ME THEY THOUGHT I HAD LOST A RADIO AND THEY HAD GIVEN ME LIGHT SIGNALS. I TOLD THEM THAT THE CHART I HAD SHOWED THIS TO BE AN UNCTLED FIELD. THEY INSTRUCTED ME TO BE MORE CAREFUL IN THE FUTURE AND I TOLD THEM THAT I SURELY WOULD. AFTER TALKING WITH THE TWR I LOOKED THE ARPT UP IN MY ARPT FACILITY DIRECTORY AND FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS A CTLED FIELD. SINCE THE CHART SHOWED THE FIELD AS A UNICOM ARPT, I DID NOT THINK TO LOOK IT UP IN THE ARPT DIRECTORY. I SEE NOW THAT I SHOULD HAVE AND IN THE FUTURE I WILL LOOK UP THE ARPT THAT I AM STOPPING AT IN THE DIRECTORY.
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.