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A C208 pilot is told to go around by pit tower due to windshear after the aircraft had already touched down.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 584912 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200306 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pit.airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | Windshear |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Caravan 1 208A |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 584912 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter : turbulence non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | atc equipment other atc equipment : windshear detector other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Weather |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
There was a thunderstorm on the west side of pit. I was approaching from the east. Got cleared for the visual runway 28R and cleared to land runway 28R. Just as I touched down on the mains, the tower said there was a windshear warning or alert and told me to go around. I told the tower I had just touched down, and wasn't going to go around, as that would put me into the windshear and thunderstorm which was approaching on the west side of the field. I don't know why the tower didn't see I had just landed (it was dark) or maybe their horn for windshear went off, and they just told me to go around automatically! When I told the tower I wasn't going around, they didn't seem to have a problem with it. I don't think I would do anything different in the future, as I think I did the safest thing, but in the future, I will try to avoid a situation like this altogether, and give thunderstorms a wider berth when I am landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A C208 PLT IS TOLD TO GO AROUND BY PIT TWR DUE TO WINDSHEAR AFTER THE ACFT HAD ALREADY TOUCHED DOWN.
Narrative: THERE WAS A TSTM ON THE W SIDE OF PIT. I WAS APCHING FROM THE E. GOT CLRED FOR THE VISUAL RWY 28R AND CLRED TO LAND RWY 28R. JUST AS I TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAINS, THE TWR SAID THERE WAS A WINDSHEAR WARNING OR ALERT AND TOLD ME TO GO AROUND. I TOLD THE TWR I HAD JUST TOUCHED DOWN, AND WASN'T GOING TO GO AROUND, AS THAT WOULD PUT ME INTO THE WINDSHEAR AND TSTM WHICH WAS APCHING ON THE W SIDE OF THE FIELD. I DON'T KNOW WHY THE TWR DIDN'T SEE I HAD JUST LANDED (IT WAS DARK) OR MAYBE THEIR HORN FOR WINDSHEAR WENT OFF, AND THEY JUST TOLD ME TO GO AROUND AUTOMATICALLY! WHEN I TOLD THE TWR I WASN'T GOING AROUND, THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE A PROB WITH IT. I DON'T THINK I WOULD DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT IN THE FUTURE, AS I THINK I DID THE SAFEST THING, BUT IN THE FUTURE, I WILL TRY TO AVOID A SIT LIKE THIS ALTOGETHER, AND GIVE TSTMS A WIDER BERTH WHEN I AM LNDG.
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.