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Title: Small plane cleared to land on Taxiway Delta
Post by: Rick108 on August 04, 2015, 12:40:08 PM

Some confusion in aircraft type leads Roanoke tower to clear an Ercoupe to land on Taxiway Delta, thinking it was a helicopter.  I love how the pilot handles it...

Title: Re: Small plane cleared to land on Taxiway Delta
Post by: VASAviation on August 04, 2015, 01:51:13 PM

Wooowww!!

Thank God the pilot said he requested a runway to double check that...

Thanks Rick, I maybe need a bit of your help for this... you know! :-D :-D

Title: Re: Small plane cleared to land on Taxiway Delta
Post by: englishpilot on August 04, 2015, 02:52:42 PM

I love the "I would prefer to land on a runway"

Title: Re: Small plane cleared to land on Taxiway Delta
Post by: notaperfectpilot on August 04, 2015, 09:20:30 PM

wow, thats pretty funny! Most of the controllers at Roanoke are pretty cool, I'll have to keep my ears open for that one next time I'm out!

Title: Re: Small plane cleared to land on Taxiway Delta
Post by: adanto6840 on August 06, 2015, 10:37:18 AM

ATC:  "Direct to Delta taxiway"
56JB:  "....OK"

Bahaha.  Funny clip.

Title: Re: Small plane cleared to land on Taxiway Delta
Post by: Rick108 on August 06, 2015, 10:58:59 AM

Yeah, the pilot, a local on the field, is probably wondering why he's getting taxi instructions while he's still inbound...  Meanwhile, the controller, thinking he's a helicopter, is just trying to land him close to his hangar.

Title: Re: Small plane cleared to land on Taxiway Delta
Post by: sacex250 on August 07, 2015, 10:29:37 PM

Can someone please tell me how to pronounce "Ercoupe"?  It seems as though the controllers thought the pilot was saying "AirCare" which led them to believe it was a helicopter.  I thought Ercoupe was pronounced "Air-coop." 

Title: Re: Small plane cleared to land on Taxiway Delta
Post by: pcbene on August 10, 2015, 01:54:29 AM

AirCare is one of our primary medevac helicopter fleets in Central Virginia. Makes complete sense the controller thought he was a chopper, I didn't know they had any fixed wings.

Title: Re: Small plane cleared to land on Taxiway Delta
Post by: Rick108 on August 10, 2015, 08:26:57 AM

And that's where the confusion began.  The aircraft checks in with approach as "Air Coupe", but the controller hears (and reads back) "Air Care".  For the entire exchange, the controller calls him "Air Care", and the pilot says "Air Coupe" and neither one hears or corrects the error.  When the tower controller gets handed "an Air Care helicopter" from approach, his expectations are set.  That's why he's so confused when the pilot says he based on the field - there are no Air Care helicopters based at Roanoke. This is the price we pay for still using 1930's analog VHF technology for 21st century ATC...

Title: Re: Small plane cleared to land on Taxiway Delta
Post by: planefan on August 17, 2015, 10:31:59 AM

Or he just thought it was a Eurocopter...

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