Aviation Accident Information for New York State: Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport - Report #561357
The following report relates to an aviation accident that occurred at Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport in September 2002 during dusk hours. The aircraft make/model involved in this Business flight was a Cessna 152 with 1 crew members. The observations in this report may have been made by a pilot, co-pilot, stewardess, flight attendant, or other aviation expert.
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Report #: 561357
Data source: AVIATION SAFETY REPORTING SYSTEM
Aircraft Make/Model: Cessna 152
Flight Conduct Rule (if any): Part 91
Narrative:
as I approached the tompkins county airport, ithaca, ny (ith) on an ifr flt plan, in good vmc, I was given a hdof from elmira approach ctl to ith tower. I chked in with the tower and reported my location as 10 mI nne of the field and was instructed to rpt a r base for landing runway 32. another c172 was also approaching the field, but from the nw. I overheard a transmission from this aircraft stating his location as 5 mI nw (at this time, I was 7 mI nne of the airport). a few moments later, ith tower queried my pos, which I reported as being 5 mI n of the field. approx 1 min later, I called my r base entry for runway 32 (as instructed). approx 10 seconds later, I was informed of another cessna on r base and, after a pause of about 3 seconds, told to execute a l 360 deg turn. 90 degs into this turn, I was told to extend outbound for a straight-in approach runway 32. I complied and a normal landing was made. after I landed, ground ctl gave me a few words regarding the importance of pos rpts and chided me for rpting my pos as ne when I was nw and s of the field. I requested a phone number to discuss the matter further, and was told to use the fbo's intercom. I talked the matter over with one of the personnel in the tower who was unable to shed any light on the sit. he kept insisting that I was nw and then s of the field. I know that I was at no time w in the slightest deg of the field because my ifr routing put me on a direct tract from the massena vor (mss) to the ith vor, which results in a hdg of approx 210 des, a hdg that I flew with minor adjustments right into the r base entry from runway 32. what I took away from my conversation with the ctlr in the ith tower was a deep sense that the ctlr in question had lost situational awareness, due primarily to the lack of any form of radar surveillance (all they have is binoculars and a window). these ctlrs need a radar display, even if it is just a repeater off of another radar site. ith is an airport with fairly high tfc volume where commercial acr aircraft regularly mix with light ga planes. in the future, I will try to give more accurate pos rpts. I should have consistently reported my pos as being nne and not made the simple n xmission (although, I was mostly n of the field).
Synopsis:
twr lcl ctlr resolves potential airborne conflict by instructing the plt to circle and extend downwind behind another acft. the rptr was not coming from the pos the ctlr believed him to be.
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Operation Type
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| GA Operation: | Corporate | ||||
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Phase of Flight
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| Descent: | Intermediate Altitude | ||||
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Airspace Info
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| Class D: | ITH.D | ||||
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Findings For Aircraft Sequence 2
General Info
| Acft Make/Model Desc: | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 | ||||
| Crew Count: | 1 | ||||
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| Flight Conduct Rule: | Part 91 | ||||
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Operation Type
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| GA Operation: | Personal | ||||
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Phase of Flight
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| Descent: | Intermediate Altitude | ||||
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Airspace Info
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Findings
Anomaly Descriptors
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Anomaly Consequences
| Consequence Desc: | Reviewed Incident With Flight Crew | ||||
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| Misc. Consequence Desc: | ACCURATE POSITION RPTS |
Anomaly Detected By
| Controller A: | 3 | ||||
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Anomaly Resolution
| Aircraft: | |||||
| Controller: | Separated Traffic | ||||
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| Event Type: | Unwanted Situation |
Reporter Information
Findings For Reporter Sequence 1
Reporter Function
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| Flight Crew: | Single Pilot | ||||
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| Oversight: | PIC | ||||
| Reporter Activity: | Pilot Flying |
Findings For Reporter Sequence 2
Reporter Function
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| Flight Crew: | Single Pilot | ||||
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| Oversight: | PIC | ||||
| Reporter Activity: | Pilot Flying |
Findings For Reporter Sequence 3
Reporter Function
| Controller: | Local | ||||
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| Reporter Activity: | Controlling |
END REPORT