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A C206 on visual approach to his primary airport mistakenly idented a nearby airport that came into view first. The tower redirected the pilot.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 630987 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200409 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz.artcc tower : zzz.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Stationair/Turbo Stationair 6 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 690 flight time type : 180 |
| ASRS Report | 630987 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance non adherence : far non adherence other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : executed missed approach |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Hazy day, IFR flight plan, center turned me over to tower for visual approach, cleared to land at ZZZ1. ZZZ2 was closer and in view. Turned toward ZZZ2. Tower suggested return to center for resequencing. Returned to center frequency, requested vectors to localizer approach. Successfully shot localizer approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A C206 ON VISUAL APCH TO HIS PRIMARY ARPT MISTAKENLY IDENTED A NEARBY ARPT THAT CAME INTO VIEW FIRST. THE TWR REDIRECTED THE PLT.
Narrative: HAZY DAY, IFR FLT PLAN, CTR TURNED ME OVER TO TWR FOR VISUAL APCH, CLRED TO LAND AT ZZZ1. ZZZ2 WAS CLOSER AND IN VIEW. TURNED TOWARD ZZZ2. TWR SUGGESTED RETURN TO CTR FOR RESEQUENCING. RETURNED TO CTR FREQ, REQUESTED VECTORS TO LOC APCH. SUCCESSFULLY SHOT LOC APCH.
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.