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Attributes | |
ACN | 1655535 |
Time | |
Date | 201906 |
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 | Citationjet (C525/C526) - CJ I / II / III / IV |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
Route In Use | Visual Approach |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
Person 1 | |
Function | Pilot Not Flying |
Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 5000 Flight Crew Type 3000 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Arriving from the nnw we announced we were 10 miles away from the airport. At about 2 miles from the airport we hear an aircraft announce there were 'jumpers away at 14;000 feet'. We maneuvered to enter a crosswind at 2;000 feet as to not conflict with them. As we were turning downwind the skydive airplane announced he was entering downwind. I asked his position and altitude and he said midfield at 6;000 feet. I didn't have him in sight and asked his intentions as it seemed we were approximately in the same position only lower. He responded and shortly afterwards I saw him in an extremely steep dive in front of us. He broke off his approach coming close enough to us that our TCAS (traffic collision alerting system) RA (resolution advisory) alert signaled us. We had a brief exchange of words over the radio and we landed safely. Emphasis on collision avoidance and proper traffic pattern procedures should be practiced by the skydive airplane's pilot. He is going to kill someone if he continues to fly in a reckless manner.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C525 pilot reported an aircraft entered the VFR traffic pattern from too high of an altitude was in conflict with them on downwind.
Narrative: Arriving from the NNW we announced we were 10 miles away from the airport. At about 2 miles from the airport we hear an aircraft announce there were 'jumpers away at 14;000 feet'. We maneuvered to enter a crosswind at 2;000 feet as to not conflict with them. As we were turning downwind the skydive airplane announced he was entering downwind. I asked his position and altitude and he said midfield at 6;000 feet. I didn't have him in sight and asked his intentions as it seemed we were approximately in the same position only lower. He responded and shortly afterwards I saw him in an extremely steep dive in front of us. He broke off his approach coming close enough to us that our TCAS (Traffic Collision Alerting System) RA (Resolution Advisory) alert signaled us. We had a brief exchange of words over the radio and we landed safely. Emphasis on collision avoidance and proper traffic pattern procedures should be practiced by the skydive airplane's pilot. He is going to kill someone if he continues to fly in a reckless manner.
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.