<< >> NASA ASRS Report 506930, March 2001

Private small aircraft training flight is required to land short of destination due to miscalculated headwinds and poor planning.

Attributes
ACN	506930
Time
Date	200103
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cty.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 22.5 flight time total : 249.9 flight time type : 38.9
ASRS Report	506930
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Resolutory Action	flight crew : diverted to another airport
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I underestimated my arrival time at cty, cross city. Factors were a strong headwind and a longer than anticipated landing at lal. I should have notified FSS in the air, en route.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PVT SMA TRAINING FLT IS REQUIRED TO LAND SHORT OF DEST DUE TO MISCALCULATED HEADWINDS AND POOR PLANNING.

Narrative: I UNDERESTIMATED MY ARR TIME AT CTY, CROSS CITY. FACTORS WERE A STRONG HEADWIND AND A LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED LNDG AT LAL. I SHOULD HAVE NOTIFIED FSS IN THE AIR, ENRTE.

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.