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The pilot of a vans rv reported that she encountered a near miss due to communicating on the wrong frequency at a non-tower airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1479597 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201708 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | RV-7 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | VFR Route |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 3500 Flight Crew Type 15 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 440 Vertical 400 |
Narrative:
I was preparing to land on runway 5. Because the winds were calm and because my location was to the southeast of the airport. I planned a straight in approach. My radio frequency was 123.025; but the correct unicom frequency is 125.075. Before and after making announcements of my intention to land; I did not hear any traffic (on the wrong frequency); so I incorrectly assumed that there was none. At approximately 400 feet AGL on final I saw a light jet coming toward me on the ground just after touching down on runway 23. I quickly started a pull up and turn to the right and proceeded to a wide downwind for runway 23.at that point I realized my error in radio frequency; I changed to the correct frequency and made a normal uneventful landing on runway 23.I realize now that straight in approaches require an extra degree of caution in determining any conflicting traffic.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: The pilot of a Vans RV reported that she encountered a near miss due to communicating on the wrong frequency at a non-tower airport.
Narrative: I was preparing to land on Runway 5. Because the winds were calm and because my location was to the southeast of the airport. I planned a straight in approach. My radio frequency was 123.025; but the correct Unicom frequency is 125.075. Before and after making announcements of my intention to land; I did not hear any traffic (on the wrong frequency); so I incorrectly assumed that there was none. At approximately 400 feet AGL on final I saw a light jet coming toward me on the ground just after touching down on Runway 23. I quickly started a pull up and turn to the right and proceeded to a wide downwind for Runway 23.At that point I realized my error in radio frequency; I changed to the correct frequency and made a normal uneventful landing on Runway 23.I realize now that straight in approaches require an extra degree of caution in determining any conflicting traffic.
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.