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Attributes | |
ACN | 1619670 |
Time | |
Date | 201902 |
Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Taxi |
Person 1 | |
Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 140 Flight Crew Type 1300 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Incursion Runway |
Miss Distance | Horizontal 0 Vertical 25 |
Narrative:
Student and I were on an IFR flight plan and was cleared to depart. We pulled up to runway xx cleared base and final and entered runway. We powered in and accelerated. Airspeed came alive and we called it. Just around rotation speed we noticed a low wing [aircraft] moving at a good pace on [an intersecting] taxiway. Part of me was hoping he was going to stop. He didn't. At that time I knew we were committed and allowed student to rotate. I did command him to push forward right after rotation preventing him from pulling up aggressively into a power stall. As we crossed bravo taxiway on our runway xx he was directly below us with only 25 feet separation. As we climbed I calmly smirked on radio 'oh look at the little plane on our runway'. Someone else on the field saw the situation and called out the runway incursion and will get the tail number. As we were about to switch over to approach that person in the plane finally announced on the radio 'I suppose I owe you an apology and a new pair of shorts.' we weren't amused.I feel that continuing the rotation was warranted as we had airspeed and the accurate stop at that point would have ended in collision. There was very little time to react to his crossing anytime earlier due to his forward speed. There was no radio calls by him nor stopping to check for traffic departing the runway. Zero situational awareness.prevention could be better non towered training with communications; looking out. Especially with crossing runways and taxiways.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GA flight instructor reported a ground conflict on takeoff from a non-towered airport when an aircraft crossed unannounced.
Narrative: Student and I were on an IFR flight plan and was cleared to depart. We pulled up to runway XX cleared base and final and entered runway. We powered in and accelerated. Airspeed came alive and we called it. Just around rotation speed we noticed a low wing [aircraft] moving at a good pace on [an intersecting] taxiway. Part of me was hoping he was going to stop. He didn't. At that time I knew we were committed and allowed student to rotate. I did command him to push forward right after rotation preventing him from pulling up aggressively into a power stall. As we crossed bravo taxiway on our runway XX he was directly below us with only 25 feet separation. As we climbed I calmly smirked on radio 'Oh look at the little plane on our runway'. Someone else on the field saw the situation and called out the runway incursion and will get the tail number. As we were about to switch over to approach that person in the plane finally announced on the radio 'I suppose I owe you an apology and a new pair of shorts.' We weren't amused.I feel that continuing the rotation was warranted as we had airspeed and the accurate stop at that point would have ended in collision. There was very little time to react to his crossing anytime earlier due to his forward speed. There was no radio calls by him nor stopping to check for traffic departing the runway. Zero situational awareness.Prevention could be better non towered training with communications; looking out. Especially with crossing runways and taxiways.
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.