Narrative:

On nov/xa/01, I flew my piper saratoga aircraft, XXXX, on an IFR flight plan, from myrtle beach, sc, to kissimmee, fl. While approaching the kissimmee airport, I was under the control of orl approach control. About 7 mi from the kissimmee airport, orl approach control cleared me for a visual approach to runway 15. However, no authority/authorized was given to me at that time to contact the kissimmee tower. About 3.5 mi from the end of the runway, I contacted orl approach control and requested permission to change to the tower frequency. Orl approach control authority/authorized me to do so at that time. There was more than 1 aircraft in the pattern VFR and I was unable to contact the tower until I was 2.5 mi from the end of runway 15. Needless to say, the tower controller was displeased with me because I had not contacted him sooner. The tower directed a training aircraft on a short final to go around and cleared me to land on runway 15, which I did. My concern is that this situation would have been avoided if orl approach control had authority/authorized me to contact the tower sooner. Also, when I related this incident to a close friend who flies a piper aerostar, he told me the same thing had happened to him at the same airport 34 weeks earlier.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COM BREAKDOWN BTWN INBOUND PA32 FROM MCO APCH TO ISM CAUSES CLOSE-IN GAR FOR ANOTHER TRAINING FLT.

Narrative: ON NOV/XA/01, I FLEW MY PIPER SARATOGA ACFT, XXXX, ON AN IFR FLT PLAN, FROM MYRTLE BEACH, SC, TO KISSIMMEE, FL. WHILE APCHING THE KISSIMMEE ARPT, I WAS UNDER THE CTL OF ORL APCH CTL. ABOUT 7 MI FROM THE KISSIMMEE ARPT, ORL APCH CTL CLRED ME FOR A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 15. HOWEVER, NO AUTH WAS GIVEN TO ME AT THAT TIME TO CONTACT THE KISSIMMEE TWR. ABOUT 3.5 MI FROM THE END OF THE RWY, I CONTACTED ORL APCH CTL AND REQUESTED PERMISSION TO CHANGE TO THE TWR FREQ. ORL APCH CTL AUTH ME TO DO SO AT THAT TIME. THERE WAS MORE THAN 1 ACFT IN THE PATTERN VFR AND I WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT THE TWR UNTIL I WAS 2.5 MI FROM THE END OF RWY 15. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE TWR CTLR WAS DISPLEASED WITH ME BECAUSE I HAD NOT CONTACTED HIM SOONER. THE TWR DIRECTED A TRAINING ACFT ON A SHORT FINAL TO GO AROUND AND CLRED ME TO LAND ON RWY 15, WHICH I DID. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS SIT WOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF ORL APCH CTL HAD AUTH ME TO CONTACT THE TWR SOONER. ALSO, WHEN I RELATED THIS INCIDENT TO A CLOSE FRIEND WHO FLIES A PIPER AEROSTAR, HE TOLD ME THE SAME THING HAD HAPPENED TO HIM AT THE SAME ARPT 34 WKS EARLIER.

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.