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Attributes | |
ACN | 558227 |
Time | |
Date | 200208 |
Day | Tue |
Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : mke.airport |
State Reference | WI |
Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Operator | general aviation : personal |
Make Model Name | Bonanza 35 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | landing : roll |
Flight Plan | None |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | other |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Qualification | pilot : private |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 45 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 1300 |
ASRS Report | 558227 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | government : faa |
Function | controller : local |
Events | |
Anomaly | airspace violation : entry incursion : runway incursion : landing without clearance inflight encounter : weather non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Intended to land at enw airport, instead landed at mke. Landed at mke due to navigation error. Wrong waypoint was entered into GPS, error discovered on approach. Visual identify was not possible until in pattern due to scattered clouds. Airport had VFR conditions at the time of the occurrence. I was in radio contact with enw tower at the time of occurrence and not mke. To prevent this type of event from occurring again, doublechk waypoint entered in GPS.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BEECH V35 PLT, ENRTE ENW, LANDED AT WRONG ARPT.
Narrative: INTENDED TO LAND AT ENW ARPT, INSTEAD LANDED AT MKE. LANDED AT MKE DUE TO NAV ERROR. WRONG WAYPOINT WAS ENTERED INTO GPS, ERROR DISCOVERED ON APCH. VISUAL IDENT WAS NOT POSSIBLE UNTIL IN PATTERN DUE TO SCATTERED CLOUDS. ARPT HAD VFR CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE. I WAS IN RADIO CONTACT WITH ENW TWR AT THE TIME OF OCCURRENCE AND NOT MKE. TO PREVENT THIS TYPE OF EVENT FROM OCCURRING AGAIN, DOUBLECHK WAYPOINT ENTERED IN GPS.
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.