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Be-33 pilot reported an near midair collision with an ultralight aircraft on final approach to hqz airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1505037 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201711 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | HQZ.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Bonanza 33 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Direct Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Ultralight |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 103 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 18 Flight Crew Total 1650 Flight Crew Type 800 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 150 Vertical 30 |
Narrative:
On 3 mile final approach to runway 36 at about 400 feet AGL. Had the RNAV GPS approach active on the KFC200 autopilot. I looked down to look at something in the cockpit and my passenger; sitting beside me; exclaimed; 'what is that?!' I looked up and saw an ultralight aircraft directly in front of me about 30 feet below me and about 200 feet directly in front of me on my glide path. I immediately turned the autopilot off and abruptly turned about 15 degrees to the right to avoid a collision. The ultralight was a dark grayish color and my passenger said she could see the pilot as we went by. It was a very close call. I surmise that the ultralight pilot did not realize he/she was too close to the airport and in the final approach path. I reported it immediately to the tower who warned the A36 that was on an approach behind me. Both the A36 pilot and the tower subsequently said they then see it on radar and watched it on radar until it left class D airspace and left the area. I heard the tower say that it was now out of the area. A close call. Not sure what can be down to avoid except maybe to alert the ultralight pilots to stay out of the approaches to busy airports like mesquite.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BE-33 pilot reported an NMAC with an ultralight aircraft on final approach to HQZ airport.
Narrative: On 3 mile final approach to runway 36 at about 400 feet AGL. Had the RNAV GPS approach active on the KFC200 autopilot. I looked down to look at something in the cockpit and my passenger; sitting beside me; exclaimed; 'what is that?!' I looked up and saw an ultralight aircraft directly in front of me about 30 feet below me and about 200 feet directly in front of me on my glide path. I immediately turned the autopilot off and abruptly turned about 15 degrees to the right to avoid a collision. The ultralight was a dark grayish color and my passenger said she could see the pilot as we went by. It was a very close call. I surmise that the ultralight pilot did not realize he/she was too close to the airport and in the final approach path. I reported it immediately to the Tower who warned the A36 that was on an approach behind me. Both the A36 pilot and the Tower subsequently said they then see it on radar and watched it on radar until it left Class D airspace and left the area. I heard the Tower say that it was now out of the area. A close call. Not sure what can be down to avoid except maybe to alert the ultralight pilots to stay out of the approaches to busy airports like Mesquite.
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