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Pilot of a C150 landed on the runway 30R after being cleared to land runway 29. Tower controller blames himself for not observing the C150 lining up to land on the wrong runway due to being too busy with other duties.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 451812 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199910 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sjc.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lft.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 150 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller limited radar : 10 controller non radar : 2 |
| ASRS Report | 451812 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : runway non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Aircraft instructed to make right traffic runway 29. Pilot acknowledged and subsequently was cleared runway 29. Pilot read back instructions and clearance correctly. Pilot landed runway 30R. Contributing factor: unfamiliar with airport environment. This was evident on ground control when pilot did not follow instructions. Possible runway markings. From controller's view, pilot sounded as if he was familiar. Did not question clearance, which led this controller to pay little or no attention once instructions were given. Workload of controller, obtaining releases from bay approach, issuing TA's to aircraft on radar, coordinating with ground control taking handoffs from bay, prevents the local controller from scanning runways and, thus, possibly preventing these types of occurrences. The responsibility placed upon limited radar controllers is too much and something should be done to eliminate it. See FAA order 7110.65 section 8.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF A C150 LANDED ON THE RWY 30R AFTER BEING CLRED TO LAND RWY 29. TWR CTLR BLAMES HIMSELF FOR NOT OBSERVING THE C150 LINING UP TO LAND ON THE WRONG RWY DUE TO BEING TOO BUSY WITH OTHER DUTIES.
Narrative: ACFT INSTRUCTED TO MAKE R TFC RWY 29. PLT ACKNOWLEDGED AND SUBSEQUENTLY WAS CLRED RWY 29. PLT READ BACK INSTRUCTIONS AND CLRNC CORRECTLY. PLT LANDED RWY 30R. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR: UNFAMILIAR WITH ARPT ENVIRONMENT. THIS WAS EVIDENT ON GND CTL WHEN PLT DID NOT FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS. POSSIBLE RWY MARKINGS. FROM CTLR'S VIEW, PLT SOUNDED AS IF HE WAS FAMILIAR. DID NOT QUESTION CLRNC, WHICH LED THIS CTLR TO PAY LITTLE OR NO ATTN ONCE INSTRUCTIONS WERE GIVEN. WORKLOAD OF CTLR, OBTAINING RELEASES FROM BAY APCH, ISSUING TA'S TO ACFT ON RADAR, COORDINATING WITH GND CTL TAKING HDOFS FROM BAY, PREVENTS THE LCL CTLR FROM SCANNING RWYS AND, THUS, POSSIBLY PREVENTING THESE TYPES OF OCCURRENCES. THE RESPONSIBILITY PLACED UPON LIMITED RADAR CTLRS IS TOO MUCH AND SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE TO ELIMINATE IT. SEE FAA ORDER 7110.65 SECTION 8.
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.