<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1191815, July 2014

C172 pilot taking off reports a mooney approaching from the opposite direction and 300 ft. AGL without communicating. A second C172 taking off has an even closer call.

Attributes
ACN	1191815
Time
Date	201407
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	PLU.Airport
State Reference	WA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	M-20 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Person 1
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 1200 Flight Crew Type 800
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 100 Vertical 100

Narrative:

Immediately following takeoff; a mooney; not utilizing the CTAF frequency; crossed midfield at approximately 300 ft AGL in front of our aircraft. The pilot of the mooney executed a tight pattern and rolled onto final as another skyhawk was on the takeoff roll. I warned the pilot of the skyhawk that was taking off; to level off to avoid the mooney. The mooney passed directly over the skyhawk at less than 100 vertical ft. The mooney pilot never made radio contact.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 pilot taking off reports a Mooney approaching from the opposite direction and 300 ft. AGL without communicating. A second C172 taking off has an even closer call.

Narrative: Immediately following takeoff; a Mooney; not utilizing the CTAF frequency; crossed midfield at approximately 300 FT AGL in front of our aircraft. The pilot of the Mooney executed a tight pattern and rolled onto final as another Skyhawk was on the takeoff roll. I warned the pilot of the Skyhawk that was taking off; to level off to avoid the Mooney. The Mooney passed directly over the Skyhawk at less than 100 vertical FT. The Mooney pilot never made radio contact.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.