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A C150 pilot with limited experience is asked to make a short approach to runway 27. Unfamiliar with the procedure he gets confused making an approach to a closed runway 32. After a tower initiated go around he became reoriented for a successful landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 524080 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200109 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ilg.airport |
| State Reference | DE |
| Altitude | msl single value : 500 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 150 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : go around |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Qualification | pilot : student |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 32.2 flight time total : 42.3 flight time type : 36.3 |
| ASRS Report | 524080 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : executed go around |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
After returning home from a solo long cross country I was cleared to be #2 on runway 27 for a landing. I was pressed for time and miscalculated my approach, after being asked to make a short approach which I had never before been asked to do. I headed in for runway 32 and just when I realized what I had done the tower told me that runway was closed and I needed to go around. Realizing where I was I figured I was heading into the downwind side of traffic. I applied full throttle and began climbing to get as far away from the traffic pattern and over top of the runway which I did. The tower then cleared me for a long landing and I was #1. I landed my plane and exited the runway. I believe that myself being pressed for time and becoming disoriented when asked to do something I had never before been asked to do caused this problem.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A C150 PLT WITH LIMITED EXPERIENCE IS ASKED TO MAKE A SHORT APCH TO RWY 27. UNFAMILIAR WITH THE PROC HE GETS CONFUSED MAKING AN APCH TO A CLOSED RWY 32. AFTER A TWR INITIATED GAR HE BECAME REORIENTED FOR A SUCCESSFUL LNDG.
Narrative: AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM A SOLO LONG XCOUNTRY I WAS CLRED TO BE #2 ON RWY 27 FOR A LNDG. I WAS PRESSED FOR TIME AND MISCALCULATED MY APCH, AFTER BEING ASKED TO MAKE A SHORT APCH WHICH I HAD NEVER BEFORE BEEN ASKED TO DO. I HEADED IN FOR RWY 32 AND JUST WHEN I REALIZED WHAT I HAD DONE THE TWR TOLD ME THAT RWY WAS CLOSED AND I NEEDED TO GO AROUND. REALIZING WHERE I WAS I FIGURED I WAS HEADING INTO THE DOWNWIND SIDE OF TFC. I APPLIED FULL THROTTLE AND BEGAN CLBING TO GET AS FAR AWAY FROM THE TFC PATTERN AND OVER TOP OF THE RWY WHICH I DID. THE TWR THEN CLRED ME FOR A LONG LNDG AND I WAS #1. I LANDED MY PLANE AND EXITED THE RWY. I BELIEVE THAT MYSELF BEING PRESSED FOR TIME AND BECOMING DISORIENTED WHEN ASKED TO DO SOMETHING I HAD NEVER BEFORE BEEN ASKED TO DO CAUSED THIS PROB.
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.