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Small aircraft pilot makes several attempts at visual approach (on IFR flight plan) but loses sight of airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 289756 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199411 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : esf |
| State Reference | LA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : esf |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | M-20 F Executive 21 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : missed approach other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 6700 |
| ASRS Report | 289756 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Arriving from west, center turned me to esf tower which cleared me, told me I'd have visual contact. Report visual over airport, tower told me turn to base for runway 26. In turn I lost contact, climbed out, told tower, went to center. Vector for another try. Missed, never reached beacon. Back to center. Same as before. Never again regained visual. Then to aex for successful approach and landing. No other aircraft on center or tower through this. Why: I failed to fly full approach, expecting to regain ground contact and land, saving time. Stupid. Never did this before, will never again fail to go the whole route on a tight IFR approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA PLT MAKES SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT VISUAL APCH (ON IFR FLT PLAN) BUT LOSES SIGHT OF ARPT.
Narrative: ARRIVING FROM W, CTR TURNED ME TO ESF TWR WHICH CLRED ME, TOLD ME I'D HAVE VISUAL CONTACT. RPT VISUAL OVER ARPT, TWR TOLD ME TURN TO BASE FOR RWY 26. IN TURN I LOST CONTACT, CLBED OUT, TOLD TWR, WENT TO CTR. VECTOR FOR ANOTHER TRY. MISSED, NEVER REACHED BEACON. BACK TO CTR. SAME AS BEFORE. NEVER AGAIN REGAINED VISUAL. THEN TO AEX FOR SUCCESSFUL APCH AND LNDG. NO OTHER ACFT ON CTR OR TWR THROUGH THIS. WHY: I FAILED TO FLY FULL APCH, EXPECTING TO REGAIN GND CONTACT AND LAND, SAVING TIME. STUPID. NEVER DID THIS BEFORE, WILL NEVER AGAIN FAIL TO GO THE WHOLE RTE ON A TIGHT IFR APCH.
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.