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PA31 air ambulance shot NDB approach to runway 34L and was told to plan sidestepping to runway 34R. When field came in sight, aircraft was cleared to land with no mention of sidestepping. Reporter landed on runway 34L. Tower covered for him saying that the traffic had cleared the runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 358130 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199701 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : rno |
| State Reference | NV |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | PA-31T-1 Cheyenne I |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 17500 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 358130 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : runway non adherence : clearance non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Rno runway for back course runway 34L approach. Visibility minimum for approach. Reports of dropping visibility. Inbound from hth with very critical heart patient. Tower asked me to report runway in sight and plan to side-step to runway 34R. I am pretty sure and acknowledged I held minimum and continued towards missed approach. At approximately one half mi from runway, I confirmed field in sight and they said cleared to land. I did not hear sidestep and might have confirmed cleared to land runway 34R. As I was taxiing in I thought about it and asked whether I was cleared left or right. They said left, but they were watching me and the aircraft was clear or had cleared runway. I saw the airliner on taxiway and nothing on landing runway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA31 AIR AMBULANCE SHOT NDB APCH TO RWY 34L AND WAS TOLD TO PLAN SIDESTEPPING TO RWY 34R. WHEN FIELD CAME IN SIGHT, ACFT WAS CLRED TO LAND WITH NO MENTION OF SIDESTEPPING. RPTR LANDED ON RWY 34L. TWR COVERED FOR HIM SAYING THAT THE TFC HAD CLRED THE RWY.
Narrative: RNO RWY FOR BACK COURSE RWY 34L APCH. VISIBILITY MINIMUM FOR APCH. RPTS OF DROPPING VISIBILITY. INBOUND FROM HTH WITH VERY CRITICAL HEART PATIENT. TWR ASKED ME TO RPT RWY IN SIGHT AND PLAN TO SIDE-STEP TO RWY 34R. I AM PRETTY SURE AND ACKNOWLEDGED I HELD MINIMUM AND CONTINUED TOWARDS MISSED APCH. AT APPROX ONE HALF MI FROM RWY, I CONFIRMED FIELD IN SIGHT AND THEY SAID CLRED TO LAND. I DID NOT HEAR SIDESTEP AND MIGHT HAVE CONFIRMED CLRED TO LAND RWY 34R. AS I WAS TAXIING IN I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND ASKED WHETHER I WAS CLRED L OR R. THEY SAID L, BUT THEY WERE WATCHING ME AND THE ACFT WAS CLR OR HAD CLRED RWY. I SAW THE AIRLINER ON TXWY AND NOTHING ON LNDG RWY.
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.