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Attributes | |
ACN | 122710 |
Time | |
Date | 198909 |
Day | Wed |
Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : rks |
State Reference | WY |
Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 30 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Operator | general aviation : personal |
Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear |
Flight Phase | landing other |
Flight Plan | VFR |
Aircraft 2 | |
Operator | general aviation : personal |
Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
Flight Phase | landing other other |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | Other |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 750 flight time type : 400 |
ASRS Report | 122710 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | Other |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Qualification | pilot : private |
Events | |
Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation |
Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
Consequence | Other |
Miss Distance | horizontal : 30 vertical : 30 |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I was en route from caster, wy, to ogden, ut, when I decided to buy additional fuel in rock springs before crossing the mountains. Busy flying the airplane. No frequency on the sectional chart. Mislaid my facility directory so I called FSS on field on frequency 123.6 published on sectional chart after trying 122.8 plus other frequencys with no response. I mistakenly asked flight service for the appropriate unicom frequency. They promptly advised me in a scolding way that 122.95 was published in facility directory. I announced my intentions on that frequency, entered a left-hand pattern for active runway 27. Upon touchdown an small aircraft 'buzzed' my airplane. He flew over the top of my aircraft less than 50' away. He then executed a steep (60 degree plus) 360 degree turn at less than 200' AGL and landed on 27. Upon meeting the pilot face-to-face on the ramp, he advised me that he worked for flight service and that he buzzed me for missing the first taxiway turnoff and being on the wrong frequency. He then threatened me, and a lineman for the FBO stepped in to keep him away from me. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: reporter said that FAA was not pursuing the matter, and that he had not learned anything additional regarding whether the other pilot was an employee of the FSS or not. Reporter suggested that sectional charts specifically list the CTAF since unicom frequencys are available in the airport/facility directory and are not particularly useful in-flight information any longer.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA PLT LNDG AT RKS WAS CONFUSED AS TO WHICH FREQ WAS THE CTAF. HE USED WRONG FREQ AND LANDED. ANOTHER PLT IN AN SMA BUZZED HIM AFTER LNDG BECAUSE SECOND PLT WAS ANGRY THAT FIRST ONE HAD NOT USED PROPER FREQ.
Narrative: I WAS ENRTE FROM CASTER, WY, TO OGDEN, UT, WHEN I DECIDED TO BUY ADDITIONAL FUEL IN ROCK SPRINGS BEFORE XING THE MOUNTAINS. BUSY FLYING THE AIRPLANE. NO FREQ ON THE SECTIONAL CHART. MISLAID MY FAC DIRECTORY SO I CALLED FSS ON FIELD ON FREQ 123.6 PUBLISHED ON SECTIONAL CHART AFTER TRYING 122.8 PLUS OTHER FREQS WITH NO RESPONSE. I MISTAKENLY ASKED FLT SERVICE FOR THE APPROPRIATE UNICOM FREQ. THEY PROMPTLY ADVISED ME IN A SCOLDING WAY THAT 122.95 WAS PUBLISHED IN FAC DIRECTORY. I ANNOUNCED MY INTENTIONS ON THAT FREQ, ENTERED A LEFT-HAND PATTERN FOR ACTIVE RWY 27. UPON TOUCHDOWN AN SMA 'BUZZED' MY AIRPLANE. HE FLEW OVER THE TOP OF MY ACFT LESS THAN 50' AWAY. HE THEN EXECUTED A STEEP (60 DEG PLUS) 360 DEG TURN AT LESS THAN 200' AGL AND LANDED ON 27. UPON MEETING THE PLT FACE-TO-FACE ON THE RAMP, HE ADVISED ME THAT HE WORKED FOR FLT SERVICE AND THAT HE BUZZED ME FOR MISSING THE FIRST TXWY TURNOFF AND BEING ON THE WRONG FREQ. HE THEN THREATENED ME, AND A LINEMAN FOR THE FBO STEPPED IN TO KEEP HIM AWAY FROM ME. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH REPORTER REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: REPORTER SAID THAT FAA WAS NOT PURSUING THE MATTER, AND THAT HE HAD NOT LEARNED ANYTHING ADDITIONAL REGARDING WHETHER THE OTHER PLT WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE FSS OR NOT. REPORTER SUGGESTED THAT SECTIONAL CHARTS SPECIFICALLY LIST THE CTAF SINCE UNICOM FREQS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE ARPT/FAC DIRECTORY AND ARE NOT PARTICULARLY USEFUL INFLT INFORMATION ANY LONGER.
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.