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Atx C208 cargo pilot inadvertently landed on taxiway due in part to the blinding setting sun in the pilot's eyes.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 545991 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200204 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ont.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ont.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Caravan 1 208A |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : roll |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 545991 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | excursion : taxiway inflight encounter other non adherence : clearance non adherence other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Approaching ont from the west. Cleared direct to right downwind runway 26L. Handed over to the tower 1 mi north of airport. Tower instructions were to cross the west end of runway 26R&left for a left downwind runway 26L. Descended from 3500 ft to pattern altitude and turned base even with threshold of runway 26L. Upon rollout on final, the sun was 12 O'clock position low. Landed by mistake on the taxiway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ATX C208 CARGO PLT INADVERTENTLY LANDED ON TXWY DUE IN PART TO THE BLINDING SETTING SUN IN THE PLT'S EYES.
Narrative: APCHING ONT FROM THE W. CLRED DIRECT TO R DOWNWIND RWY 26L. HANDED OVER TO THE TWR 1 MI N OF ARPT. TWR INSTRUCTIONS WERE TO CROSS THE W END OF RWY 26R&L FOR A L DOWNWIND RWY 26L. DSNDED FROM 3500 FT TO PATTERN ALT AND TURNED BASE EVEN WITH THRESHOLD OF RWY 26L. UPON ROLLOUT ON FINAL, THE SUN WAS 12 O'CLOCK POS LOW. LANDED BY MISTAKE ON THE TXWY.
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.