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Navy trainers making practice apches to ykm at night NORAC. Trainers do not have CTAF frequency on their radios. Tower closed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 118979 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198908 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ykm |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 6000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ykm |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | Military Trainer |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 118979 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : military |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : military |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified cockpit |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Aircraft from navy whidbey are performing practice apches at yakima air terminal after XA00 local when the tower is closed. CTAF frequency is 118.4. This is a hazardous situation due to the non availability of VHF transceiver in the navy aircraft. A possible disaster could be avoided by disallowing military practice apches at uncontrolled fields. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: the navy training seems to be only occasional, not a regular operation. There have been instances of local traffic entering the traffic pattern with the apches being made by the navy pilots with no communication with the landing traffic.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NAVY TRAINERS MAKING PRACTICE APCHES TO YKM AT NIGHT NORAC. TRAINERS DO NOT HAVE CTAF FREQ ON THEIR RADIOS. TWR CLOSED.
Narrative: ACFT FROM NAVY WHIDBEY ARE PERFORMING PRACTICE APCHES AT YAKIMA AIR TERMINAL AFTER XA00 LOCAL WHEN THE TWR IS CLOSED. CTAF FREQ IS 118.4. THIS IS A HAZARDOUS SITUATION DUE TO THE NON AVAILABILITY OF VHF TRANSCEIVER IN THE NAVY ACFT. A POSSIBLE DISASTER COULD BE AVOIDED BY DISALLOWING MIL PRACTICE APCHES AT UNCONTROLLED FIELDS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH REPORTER REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: THE NAVY TRAINING SEEMS TO BE ONLY OCCASIONAL, NOT A REGULAR OPERATION. THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES OF LOCAL TFC ENTERING THE TFC PATTERN WITH THE APCHES BEING MADE BY THE NAVY PLTS WITH NO COM WITH THE LNDG TFC.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.