JPilot9
Well-Known Member
Flying a practice GPS approach into a Class D field. The controller tells us to report passing the IAF inbound. We report inbound twice but get no response. Another aircraft reports inbound after us, and the tower responds to them. When we are about 1 mile final he clears an aircraft turning base-to-final to land.
At this point we have one plane behind us flying the GPS approach, one turning base in front of us, so we turn 90 degrees away from the traffic pattern and radio the controller and tell him we are turning to avoid the traffic off our wing. For the third time, we get no response.
We fly directly west (active RWY 17, left traffic) for 2 minutes, whereupon the controller says, "Seminole 45 Tango, what is your position?"
Us: "We are 3 miles west, came out here to avoid traffic."
Tower: "You have to tell me what you're doing at all times."
Us: "We called three times to report position and heard no response three times. We almost flew into a Piper Arrow turning base to final."
Tower: " Well you have to tell me before you do these things. That's how accidents happen."
We left his airspace ASAP and went home. Did we do anything wrong? He told us to report the fix inbound, but heard no response, then got in trouble for not talking to the tower. What's going on?
At this point we have one plane behind us flying the GPS approach, one turning base in front of us, so we turn 90 degrees away from the traffic pattern and radio the controller and tell him we are turning to avoid the traffic off our wing. For the third time, we get no response.
We fly directly west (active RWY 17, left traffic) for 2 minutes, whereupon the controller says, "Seminole 45 Tango, what is your position?"
Us: "We are 3 miles west, came out here to avoid traffic."
Tower: "You have to tell me what you're doing at all times."
Us: "We called three times to report position and heard no response three times. We almost flew into a Piper Arrow turning base to final."
Tower: " Well you have to tell me before you do these things. That's how accidents happen."
We left his airspace ASAP and went home. Did we do anything wrong? He told us to report the fix inbound, but heard no response, then got in trouble for not talking to the tower. What's going on?