Ross wrote:
Stubby wrote:
On Oct 21, 10:46 pm, a wrote:
On Oct 21, 7:40 pm, "Peter Dohm" wrote:





"Ross" wrote in message
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/21/geo...ion/index.html
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Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
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KSWI
Other than the runway and taxiway lights being in use, the article
did not apear to mention the time of day, place of origin, or the
number of hours the crew had been or duty.
Y'all don't suppose that crew fatigue could have played a part?
Peter
Peter, it landed at 6:05 AM, it would have been quite dark, and the
flight was I think from Reo. I guess if there was a cross wind of,
say, 50 knots, if they were flying an ILS the nose could have been
pointing at the taxiway when they broke out (that is intended to be
funny -- this event was not).

Years ago I was flying an approach into Seattle's airport (Seatac?),
and not very far off the extended centerline of the runway I was to
use was another airport, with a runway aligned almost the same way.
I wonder how often visitors land at the wrong airport?- Hide quoted
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I have suffered momentary confusion at an airport that was using a
closed runway as a taxiway.


Long ago there use to be two airports in Kansas City area. One on the
Kansas side (Fairfax) and the other on the MO side which was the
original KC main airport. A river separated the two airports. There
was a hot line between the towers because the pilot would be talking
to one tower and landing at the other airport. Fairfax is now gone.

Got my PPL there in '67. Great airport to learn right and left patterns
since you always had to keep west of Fairfax to avoid KMKC. It was turned
into a GM assembly plant over thirty years ago so hard telling what it is
today. I left KC 20 years ago.