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Attributes | |
ACN | 130017 |
Time | |
Date | 198911 |
Day | Mon |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : ged |
State Reference | DE |
Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Operator | general aviation : instructional |
Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
Flight Phase | ground other : taxi landing other |
Flight Plan | VFR |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
Flight Phase | landing : go around landing other |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | Other |
Function | instruction : instructor |
Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 1500 flight time type : 1000 |
ASRS Report | 130017 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | Other |
Function | instruction : trainee |
Qualification | pilot : student |
Events | |
Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action other |
Consequence | Other |
Miss Distance | vertical : 50 |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
The student and I were landing at ged. We had called for advisories and received 'runway 4 in use, no reported traffic.' we proceeded to enter left downwind for runway 4, stating our intentions on the radio. As we proceeded we neither heard nor saw any other landing traffic. We landed on runway 4 and rolled past the midfield intersection. Since I hadn't heard nor saw any traffic we initiated a 180 degree on the runway to taxi to the midfield intersection (which leads directly to the main ramp). As we turned, I saw a large small transport twin-engine aircraft about 20' above the runway. I assumed he was trying to land. We quickly went to the right side of the runway and crossed our fingers, hoping the aircraft would go around--which it did, and then proceeded to land uneventfully. My astonishment is that the fellow in the multi neither called his intentions to land. (It must have been a long, low, straight-in approach, because we never saw him in the pattern--and he was following way too closely to attempt a landing with us on the runway.) even if we had continued to taxi the 2000' required to reach the next taxiway after the midfield taxiway, he would have certainly run into the back of us. What I have learned is: trust no one but yourself when you are in the traffic pattern--look, look and look again, and do not get lulled into the habit of relaxing your scan when you do not hear anyone on the advisory frequency.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AFTER LNDG AT UNCONTROLLED ARPT,SMA DOES 180 DEGREE TURN TO TAXI BACK TO TXWY AND DISCOVERS SMT ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWN. SMT EXECUTES GO AROUND.
Narrative: THE STUDENT AND I WERE LNDG AT GED. WE HAD CALLED FOR ADVISORIES AND RECEIVED 'RWY 4 IN USE, NO RPTED TFC.' WE PROCEEDED TO ENTER LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RWY 4, STATING OUR INTENTIONS ON THE RADIO. AS WE PROCEEDED WE NEITHER HEARD NOR SAW ANY OTHER LNDG TFC. WE LANDED ON RWY 4 AND ROLLED PAST THE MIDFIELD INTXN. SINCE I HADN'T HEARD NOR SAW ANY TFC WE INITIATED A 180 DEG ON THE RWY TO TAXI TO THE MIDFIELD INTXN (WHICH LEADS DIRECTLY TO THE MAIN RAMP). AS WE TURNED, I SAW A LARGE SMT TWIN-ENG ACFT ABOUT 20' ABOVE THE RWY. I ASSUMED HE WAS TRYING TO LAND. WE QUICKLY WENT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY AND CROSSED OUR FINGERS, HOPING THE ACFT WOULD GO AROUND--WHICH IT DID, AND THEN PROCEEDED TO LAND UNEVENTFULLY. MY ASTONISHMENT IS THAT THE FELLOW IN THE MULTI NEITHER CALLED HIS INTENTIONS TO LAND. (IT MUST HAVE BEEN A LONG, LOW, STRAIGHT-IN APCH, BECAUSE WE NEVER SAW HIM IN THE PATTERN--AND HE WAS FOLLOWING WAY TOO CLOSELY TO ATTEMPT A LNDG WITH US ON THE RWY.) EVEN IF WE HAD CONTINUED TO TAXI THE 2000' REQUIRED TO REACH THE NEXT TXWY AFTER THE MIDFIELD TXWY, HE WOULD HAVE CERTAINLY RUN INTO THE BACK OF US. WHAT I HAVE LEARNED IS: TRUST NO ONE BUT YOURSELF WHEN YOU ARE IN THE TFC PATTERN--LOOK, LOOK AND LOOK AGAIN, AND DO NOT GET LULLED INTO THE HABIT OF RELAXING YOUR SCAN WHEN YOU DO NOT HEAR ANYONE ON THE ADVISORY FREQ.
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.