Small aircraft pilot makes touch and go landing when cleared to land.

Attributes
ACN	295080
Time
Date	199501
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dpa
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : sfo
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 257 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	295080
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway 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:

Preparing to do an hour of touch and goes at dupage in the pattern, I called tower when ready for takeoff. I informed tower that I was ready at runway 28 to stay in the pattern. I was cleared for takeoff left traffic for runway 1L. I was instructed to enter a left base for runway 1L and cleared to land. I performed a touch and go on runway 1L. I was informed by tower that I had been cleared to land only. While I had not performed pattern work at dupage for a long time and may have misheard the tower, I feel that when I had called the tower and requested to stay in the pattern, the tower should have made it clrer to an aircraft already airborne that the expected touch and go would not be approved and that a full stop landing was expected. At an airport with high density of training traffic, tower should be very clear whether an aircraft is cleared to land or for a touch and go.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA PLT MAKES TOUCH AND GO LNDG WHEN CLRED TO LAND.

Narrative: PREPARING TO DO AN HR OF TOUCH AND GOES AT DUPAGE IN THE PATTERN, I CALLED TWR WHEN READY FOR TKOF. I INFORMED TWR THAT I WAS READY AT RWY 28 TO STAY IN THE PATTERN. I WAS CLRED FOR TKOF L TFC FOR RWY 1L. I WAS INSTRUCTED TO ENTER A L BASE FOR RWY 1L AND CLRED TO LAND. I PERFORMED A TOUCH AND GO ON RWY 1L. I WAS INFORMED BY TWR THAT I HAD BEEN CLRED TO LAND ONLY. WHILE I HAD NOT PERFORMED PATTERN WORK AT DUPAGE FOR A LONG TIME AND MAY HAVE MISHEARD THE TWR, I FEEL THAT WHEN I HAD CALLED THE TWR AND REQUESTED TO STAY IN THE PATTERN, THE TWR SHOULD HAVE MADE IT CLRER TO AN ACFT ALREADY AIRBORNE THAT THE EXPECTED TOUCH AND GO WOULD NOT BE APPROVED AND THAT A FULL STOP LNDG WAS EXPECTED. AT AN ARPT WITH HIGH DENSITY OF TRAINING TFC, TWR SHOULD BE VERY CLR WHETHER AN ACFT IS CLRED TO LAND OR FOR A TOUCH AND GO.

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.