Pilot landed at wrong airport without radios and took off and landed at correct airport without radi...

Attributes
ACN	308028
Time
Date	199506
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hfd
State Reference	CT
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : eht tower : hfd
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer II/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 1100 flight time type : 600
ASRS Report	308028
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	flight crew : exited penetrated airspace 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 other

Narrative:

Departed white plains airport. 5-10 NM south of bradley, I wanted to land and get fuel. I still had 2 hours left. I tried telling bradley of my intentions at which point I lost radio communications. Slightly disoriented I mistakenly landed at rentschler. Realizing my mistake I took off for brainard. Still having no radio I entered the traffic pattern at brainard. At all times looking for a light signal. I saw none. I tried transmitting with no luck. I landed safely and called unicom after jiggling the radios and appeared to work. I called the tower and apologized for inconveniencing them. I then spoke with bradley approach and explained what had happened. Bradley said that no report would be filed. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter said he was flying a 160 hp piper warrior. He had flown from beverly airport to westchester county airport to the hartford area when he decided he would like more fuel. He was in contact with bradley approach control when his VHF failed. He misidentified the rentschler airport for hartford brainard. Someone at rentschler airport told him he had landed at a private airport and must leave. He said he called bradley approach control on the telephone to explain what happened and they said no action against him would be taken at this time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT LANDED AT WRONG ARPT WITHOUT RADIOS AND TOOK OFF AND LANDED AT CORRECT ARPT WITHOUT RADIOS. BOTH ARPTS HAD CTL TWRS AND WERE IN CLASS D AIRSPACE.

Narrative: DEPARTED WHITE PLAINS ARPT. 5-10 NM S OF BRADLEY, I WANTED TO LAND AND GET FUEL. I STILL HAD 2 HRS LEFT. I TRIED TELLING BRADLEY OF MY INTENTIONS AT WHICH POINT I LOST RADIO COMS. SLIGHTLY DISORIENTED I MISTAKENLY LANDED AT RENTSCHLER. REALIZING MY MISTAKE I TOOK OFF FOR BRAINARD. STILL HAVING NO RADIO I ENTERED THE TFC PATTERN AT BRAINARD. AT ALL TIMES LOOKING FOR A LIGHT SIGNAL. I SAW NONE. I TRIED XMITTING WITH NO LUCK. I LANDED SAFELY AND CALLED UNICOM AFTER JIGGLING THE RADIOS AND APPEARED TO WORK. I CALLED THE TWR AND APOLOGIZED FOR INCONVENIENCING THEM. I THEN SPOKE WITH BRADLEY APCH AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED. BRADLEY SAID THAT NO RPT WOULD BE FILED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID HE WAS FLYING A 160 HP PIPER WARRIOR. HE HAD FLOWN FROM BEVERLY ARPT TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY ARPT TO THE HARTFORD AREA WHEN HE DECIDED HE WOULD LIKE MORE FUEL. HE WAS IN CONTACT WITH BRADLEY APCH CTL WHEN HIS VHF FAILED. HE MISIDENTIFIED THE RENTSCHLER ARPT FOR HARTFORD BRAINARD. SOMEONE AT RENTSCHLER ARPT TOLD HIM HE HAD LANDED AT A PVT ARPT AND MUST LEAVE. HE SAID HE CALLED BRADLEY APCH CTL ON THE TELEPHONE TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED AND THEY SAID NO ACTION AGAINST HIM WOULD BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME.

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.

Pilot landed at wrong airport without radios and took off and landed at correct airport without radios. Both airports had control towers and were in class D airspace.