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Instructor pilot, with student, of a cessna 172 landed at the wrong airport due to becoming disoriented while avoiding thunderstorms.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 482513 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200008 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : isp.tower |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : roll |
| Route In Use | approach : traffic pattern |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | instruction : instructor oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 780 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 482513 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | instruction : trainee |
| Qualification | pilot : student |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | airspace violation : entry ground encounters other incursion : landing without clearance inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far other spatial deviation |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
While avoiding thunderstorms and extensive restr areas surrounding hood army base in texas, I and my student inadvertently landed at a military operated airfield rather than the public airport. Killeen municipal, which sits approximately 2 mi to the southeast of the military airport was my intended destination. Being new to the area and being rushed by thunderstorms led me to inadvertently land at the hood airport which at the time I thought was killeen municipal. No action was taken by the base operators as we were extremely cooperative. This problem could have been avoided if I had set the localizer frequency in and flew the localizer back-course. Also, flight following could have helped.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: INSTRUCTOR PLT, WITH STUDENT, OF A CESSNA 172 LANDED AT THE WRONG ARPT DUE TO BECOMING DISORIENTED WHILE AVOIDING TSTMS.
Narrative: WHILE AVOIDING TSTMS AND EXTENSIVE RESTR AREAS SURROUNDING HOOD ARMY BASE IN TEXAS, I AND MY STUDENT INADVERTENTLY LANDED AT A MIL OPERATED AIRFIELD RATHER THAN THE PUBLIC ARPT. KILLEEN MUNICIPAL, WHICH SITS APPROX 2 MI TO THE SE OF THE MIL ARPT WAS MY INTENDED DEST. BEING NEW TO THE AREA AND BEING RUSHED BY TSTMS LED ME TO INADVERTENTLY LAND AT THE HOOD ARPT WHICH AT THE TIME I THOUGHT WAS KILLEEN MUNICIPAL. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN BY THE BASE OPERATORS AS WE WERE EXTREMELY COOPERATIVE. THIS PROB COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF I HAD SET THE LOC FREQ IN AND FLEW THE LOC BACK-COURSE. ALSO, FLT FOLLOWING COULD HAVE HELPED.
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.