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While conducting an under the hood training flight, aircraft X entered wrong airport traffic pattern while in contact with the tower of intended destination.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 435570 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199904 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : fxe.airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : pmp.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Piper Single Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : traffic pattern arrival : vfr |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot instruction : trainee |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 22 flight time total : 160 |
| ASRS Report | 435570 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | instruction : instructor oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : cfi pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | airspace violation : entry non adherence : far other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : charts |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I was wearing a hood with my instructor giving me vectors from bct to pmp. After completing an IFR flight plan from mlb to bct to save time, he said we would not open the IFR flight plan to pmp and he would just give me vectors. He gave me a poor vector and we ended up at fxe. We thought we were at pmp and contacted their tower and were cleared to enter a base leg. When I took the hood off, I noticed other planes in the pattern that I did not hear the controller talking to and noticed that the runways did not look like my charts for pmp. I asked my instructor about it and he asked the controller and found we were at the wrong airport. The problem was caused by not opening the IFR flight plan, so I will take the time to open my flight plans in the future.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: WHILE CONDUCTING AN UNDER THE HOOD TRAINING FLT, ACFT X ENTERED WRONG ARPT TFC PATTERN WHILE IN CONTACT WITH THE TWR OF INTENDED DEST.
Narrative: I WAS WEARING A HOOD WITH MY INSTRUCTOR GIVING ME VECTORS FROM BCT TO PMP. AFTER COMPLETING AN IFR FLT PLAN FROM MLB TO BCT TO SAVE TIME, HE SAID WE WOULD NOT OPEN THE IFR FLT PLAN TO PMP AND HE WOULD JUST GIVE ME VECTORS. HE GAVE ME A POOR VECTOR AND WE ENDED UP AT FXE. WE THOUGHT WE WERE AT PMP AND CONTACTED THEIR TWR AND WERE CLRED TO ENTER A BASE LEG. WHEN I TOOK THE HOOD OFF, I NOTICED OTHER PLANES IN THE PATTERN THAT I DID NOT HEAR THE CTLR TALKING TO AND NOTICED THAT THE RWYS DID NOT LOOK LIKE MY CHARTS FOR PMP. I ASKED MY INSTRUCTOR ABOUT IT AND HE ASKED THE CTLR AND FOUND WE WERE AT THE WRONG ARPT. THE PROB WAS CAUSED BY NOT OPENING THE IFR FLT PLAN, SO I WILL TAKE THE TIME TO OPEN MY FLT PLANS IN THE FUTURE.
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.