RV10 pilot on visual approach to runway 27L at sfb is issued a clearance to slide right and land on ...

Attributes
ACN	868652
Time
Date	201001
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	SFB.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	RV-10
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 4200 Flight Crew Type 50
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

On short final to runway 27L at sfb; the tower directed me to slide right to land on runway 27C; which I did. About 1/4 mile on final tower instructed me to go around because I was lined up with taxiway B; which I did. Runway 27C is poorly marked and the taxiway appears to be a better runway. I did a go around and on tower's instruction entered downwind for runway 27R and landed. I thought I was lined up properly for runway 27C. However; the tower operator didn't; hence the go around. Runway 27C could be better marked; the runway numbers are worn and difficult to see. The runway 27C approach end is a lot further west than runway 27R and is hard to pick out from the air. Perhaps if I would have been issued clearance to runway 27C at the start of the approach instead of sliding over from runway 27L to 27C there would have been less confusion.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RV10 pilot on visual approach to Runway 27L at SFB is issued a clearance to slide right and land on 27C. Reporter mistakenly lines up on Taxiway B and is issued a go around on 1/4 mile final by the Tower.

Narrative: On short final to Runway 27L at SFB; the Tower directed me to slide right to land on Runway 27C; which I did. About 1/4 mile on final Tower instructed me to go around because I was lined up with taxiway B; which I did. Runway 27C is poorly marked and the taxiway appears to be a better runway. I did a go around and on Tower's instruction entered downwind for Runway 27R and landed. I thought I was lined up properly for Runway 27C. However; the Tower operator didn't; hence the go around. Runway 27C could be better marked; the runway numbers are worn and difficult to see. The Runway 27C approach end is a lot further west than Runway 27R and is hard to pick out from the air. Perhaps if I would have been issued clearance to Runway 27C at the start of the approach instead of sliding over from Runway 27L to 27C there would have been less confusion.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

RV10 pilot on visual approach to runway 27L at sfb is issued a clearance to slide right and land on 27C. Reporter mistakenly lines up on taxiway B and is issued a go around on 1/4 mile final by the tower.