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Small aircraft on approach to ash saw multi-engine aircraft pass closely approaching same runway. Tower controller alleges a late handoff of the larger aircraft from manchester TRACON.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 148731 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199006 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ash |
| State Reference | NH |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1000 msl bound upper : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : mht tower : ash |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : student |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 10 flight time total : 56 flight time type : 56 |
| ASRS Report | 148731 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified cockpit |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 40 vertical : 20 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Inter Facility Coordination Failure |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
Was cleared to land on runway 14 and was on 1/2 mi final when a multi-engine aircraft descended out of unknown altitude to 1000' and came on my right side within 40' or less horizontal from my small aircraft aircraft. I turned right to avoid further conflict with aircraft. Contacted nashua control tower and made controller aware of conflict between aircraft. Nashua tower then tried to make radio contact with other aircraft. After radio contact was made and the tower told the multi-engine aircraft that it had overtaken my aircraft west/O any clearance to enter traffic pattern for nashua. The tower brought it to my attention that the aircraft was flying on an ADF approach for runway 14 west/O clearance from tower but he had been cleared by manchester approach. I talked to nashua tower and he said manchester hands off the acfts to nashua too late. I suggest manchester hands off IFR aircraft much earlier to avoid another incident or accident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA ON APCH TO ASH SAW MULTI-ENGINE ACFT PASS CLOSELY APCHING SAME RWY. TWR CTLR ALLEGES A LATE HANDOFF OF THE LARGER ACFT FROM MANCHESTER TRACON.
Narrative: WAS CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 14 AND WAS ON 1/2 MI FINAL WHEN A MULTI-ENG ACFT DSNDED OUT OF UNKNOWN ALT TO 1000' AND CAME ON MY R SIDE WITHIN 40' OR LESS HORIZ FROM MY SMA ACFT. I TURNED R TO AVOID FURTHER CONFLICT WITH ACFT. CONTACTED NASHUA CTL TWR AND MADE CTLR AWARE OF CONFLICT BTWN ACFT. NASHUA TWR THEN TRIED TO MAKE RADIO CONTACT WITH OTHER ACFT. AFTER RADIO CONTACT WAS MADE AND THE TWR TOLD THE MULTI-ENG ACFT THAT IT HAD OVERTAKEN MY ACFT W/O ANY CLRNC TO ENTER TFC PATTERN FOR NASHUA. THE TWR BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTN THAT THE ACFT WAS FLYING ON AN ADF APCH FOR RWY 14 W/O CLRNC FROM TWR BUT HE HAD BEEN CLRED BY MANCHESTER APCH. I TALKED TO NASHUA TWR AND HE SAID MANCHESTER HANDS OFF THE ACFTS TO NASHUA TOO LATE. I SUGGEST MANCHESTER HANDS OFF IFR ACFT MUCH EARLIER TO AVOID ANOTHER INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.