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Attributes | |
ACN | 1581670 |
Time | |
Date | 201809 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | US |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Lancair ES |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Final Approach |
Route In Use | None |
Flight Plan | None |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | Beechcraft King Air Undifferentiated or Other Model |
Person 1 | |
Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
Qualification | Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 1970 Flight Crew Type 1226 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Airspace Violation All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal |
Narrative:
I was flying practice approaches for currency in and around ZZZ airport. I was briefed and was aware of the tfr over ZZZ1 for an air show. I was flying a practice GPS xx approach. I selected the GPS xx approach as it was on the opposite side of the airport from the tfr. I was communicating and monitoring the unicom frequency. I announced my position multiple times. When I was on short final; a king air suddenly appeared on downwind for runway xy [opposite direction] and announced his intention to land on xy; despite me having announced multiple times that I was on short final for xx. My attention was on the king air when I glanced up and saw a windshield full of skydivers. I immediately began evasive action; turning first to the left so as to pass behind the king air. However; I realized that turning left limited my visibility of the skydivers; so I then proceeded to turn back right parallel to the runway so I could see the skydivers. I also began a climb. I was very shaken by the event. By the time I composed myself and stopped looking for skydivers; I looked at my mfd and realized I had penetrated the tfr. I immediately executed a steep turn to the right to exit the tfr space. At the same time I switched from the unicom frequency to 121.5. About 20 seconds later I got a call on 121.5 from ATC. I described the situation to him; and was given a number to call.my penetration of the tfr was inadvertent and a result of the emergency situation with the skydivers. I believe my actions were justified; as avoiding contact with a skydiver was my priority during the emergency. I believe the king air that appeared had been carrying the skydivers and made no attempt on unicom to inform me of their presence. I exited the tfr promptly on my own volition once the emergency situation had resolved itself.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Lancair ES pilot reported penetrating a TFR resulting in an airborne conflict with skydivers.
Narrative: I was flying practice approaches for currency in and around ZZZ airport. I was briefed and was aware of the TFR over ZZZ1 for an air show. I was flying a practice GPS XX approach. I selected the GPS XX approach as it was on the opposite side of the airport from the TFR. I was communicating and monitoring the UNICOM frequency. I announced my position multiple times. When I was on short final; a King Air suddenly appeared on downwind for Runway XY [opposite direction] and announced his intention to land on XY; despite me having announced multiple times that I was on short final for XX. My attention was on the King Air when I glanced up and saw a windshield full of skydivers. I immediately began evasive action; turning first to the left so as to pass behind the King Air. However; I realized that turning left limited my visibility of the skydivers; so I then proceeded to turn back right parallel to the runway so I could see the skydivers. I also began a climb. I was very shaken by the event. By the time I composed myself and stopped looking for skydivers; I looked at my MFD and realized I had penetrated the TFR. I immediately executed a steep turn to the right to exit the TFR space. At the same time I switched from the UNICOM frequency to 121.5. About 20 seconds later I got a call on 121.5 from ATC. I described the situation to him; and was given a number to call.My penetration of the TFR was inadvertent and a result of the emergency situation with the skydivers. I believe my actions were justified; as avoiding contact with a skydiver was my priority during the emergency. I believe the King Air that appeared had been carrying the skydivers and made no attempt on UNICOM to inform me of their presence. I exited the TFR promptly on my own volition once the emergency situation had resolved itself.
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.