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Corp light transport makes straight in instrument approach. Has to go around when small transport announced departing opposite direction same runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 191601 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199110 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : esn |
| State Reference | MD |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 50 agl bound upper : 50 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : go around landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 2000 |
| ASRS Report | 191601 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac non adherence : far other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 2000 vertical : 100 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We were making an ADF approach to runway 22 at easton, md, fog at the time was approximately 50 ft thick and patchy, approach end of 22 was open. When we were rounding out for landing a small transport announced it was departing on runway 4 directly into us. We pulled up and climbed out and landed on runway 4 behind the small transport. On rollout, visibility was about 50 ft, an small aircraft X announced it was on short final behind us. We made as quick a turn off the runway as possible. Later when we talked to the small transport pilot, he told us that he had been waiting for an small aircraft Y to clear the runway. Small aircraft Y never used radio. Small transport pilot saw us pull up and saw the small aircraft Y on the runway (4) while we were pulling up. He says that we would have definitely hit the small aircraft Y. There is a good possibility that we could have hit the small aircraft Y then been hit by the small transport and again by the second small aircraft X because the accident would have occurred where the visibility was about 50 ft. The major problem is that even though our mins for the ADF approach were 1 1/4 mi it is legal for VFR aircraft to operate with 1 mi and clear of clouds. You can't have a mix of IFR approachs and VFR aircraft working in the same place when the WX is below basic VFR of 1000/3 the rules have to be changed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CORP LTT MAKES STRAIGHT IN INST APCH. HAS TO GAR WHEN SMT ANNOUNCED DEPARTING OPPOSITE DIRECTION SAME RWY.
Narrative: WE WERE MAKING AN ADF APCH TO RWY 22 AT EASTON, MD, FOG AT THE TIME WAS APPROX 50 FT THICK AND PATCHY, APCH END OF 22 WAS OPEN. WHEN WE WERE ROUNDING OUT FOR LNDG A SMT ANNOUNCED IT WAS DEPARTING ON RWY 4 DIRECTLY INTO US. WE PULLED UP AND CLBED OUT AND LANDED ON RWY 4 BEHIND THE SMT. ON ROLLOUT, VISIBILITY WAS ABOUT 50 FT, AN SMA X ANNOUNCED IT WAS ON SHORT FINAL BEHIND US. WE MADE AS QUICK A TURN OFF THE RWY AS POSSIBLE. LATER WHEN WE TALKED TO THE SMT PLT, HE TOLD US THAT HE HAD BEEN WAITING FOR AN SMA Y TO CLR THE RWY. SMA Y NEVER USED RADIO. SMT PLT SAW US PULL UP AND SAW THE SMA Y ON THE RWY (4) WHILE WE WERE PULLING UP. HE SAYS THAT WE WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY HIT THE SMA Y. THERE IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD HAVE HIT THE SMA Y THEN BEEN HIT BY THE SMT AND AGAIN BY THE SECOND SMA X BECAUSE THE ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED WHERE THE VISIBILITY WAS ABOUT 50 FT. THE MAJOR PROBLEM IS THAT EVEN THOUGH OUR MINS FOR THE ADF APCH WERE 1 1/4 MI IT IS LEGAL FOR VFR ACFT TO OPERATE WITH 1 MI AND CLR OF CLOUDS. YOU CAN'T HAVE A MIX OF IFR APCHS AND VFR ACFT WORKING IN THE SAME PLACE WHEN THE WX IS BELOW BASIC VFR OF 1000/3 THE RULES HAVE TO BE CHANGED.
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.