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Attributes | |
ACN | 220355 |
Time | |
Date | 199209 |
Day | Mon |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : ipl |
State Reference | CA |
Altitude | msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 1800 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude cruise other other |
Route In Use | enroute : direct |
Flight Plan | None |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear |
Flight Phase | cruise other descent : approach other |
Flight Plan | VFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air taxi |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 1800 |
ASRS Report | 220355 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | Other |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Events | |
Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
Consequence | Other |
Miss Distance | horizontal : 1000 vertical : 450 |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
This was a lifeguard flight with a doctor. 2 nurses and a sick 3 month old baby on board. Taxi information was given on unicom to the effect we were taxiing to runway 14. An small aircraft called in stating it was northwest requesting airport advisory. An aircraft was being refueled and this indicated the unicom radio in the FBO office was probably not manned. After waiting a min with no reply I answered that the wind was light, that the sock at midfield favored runway 32 but that we were taxiing to 14 where the wind was calm. On approaching runway 14 we announced our intentions of departing 14 with a 45 degree right turn. The doctor was sitting in the copilot seat and had assisted in spotting other aircraft on the inbound leg. Climbing out somewhere between 1500 and 1800 ft with landing lights extended the small aircraft suddenly appeared from behind the windshield ctrpost moving right to left. Estimated distance was 1/4 mi and 400-500 ft above. My initial reaction was to dive which caused the nurses in the rear some discomfort. The doctor stated he had assumed I had had the aircraft in sight all along. I asked the small aircraft pilot if he had seen the twin go by and he answered 'yes.' his casualness indicated he had not considered us a collision threat. My control input was the result of suddenly seeing the other aircraft at an uncomfortably close range. I have always reported seeing other aircraft while still on unicom in the airport vicinity but obviously the small aircraft pilot did not feel this was necessary. The doctor will be a better front seat passenger.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: POTENTIAL CONFLICT AT NON TWR ARPT UNICOM.
Narrative: THIS WAS A LIFEGUARD FLT WITH A DOCTOR. 2 NURSES AND A SICK 3 MONTH OLD BABY ON BOARD. TAXI INFO WAS GIVEN ON UNICOM TO THE EFFECT WE WERE TAXIING TO RWY 14. AN SMA CALLED IN STATING IT WAS NW REQUESTING ARPT ADVISORY. AN ACFT WAS BEING REFUELED AND THIS INDICATED THE UNICOM RADIO IN THE FBO OFFICE WAS PROBABLY NOT MANNED. AFTER WAITING A MIN WITH NO REPLY I ANSWERED THAT THE WIND WAS LIGHT, THAT THE SOCK AT MIDFIELD FAVORED RWY 32 BUT THAT WE WERE TAXIING TO 14 WHERE THE WIND WAS CALM. ON APCHING RWY 14 WE ANNOUNCED OUR INTENTIONS OF DEPARTING 14 WITH A 45 DEG R TURN. THE DOCTOR WAS SITTING IN THE COPLT SEAT AND HAD ASSISTED IN SPOTTING OTHER ACFT ON THE INBOUND LEG. CLBING OUT SOMEWHERE BTWN 1500 AND 1800 FT WITH LNDG LIGHTS EXTENDED THE SMA SUDDENLY APPEARED FROM BEHIND THE WINDSHIELD CTRPOST MOVING R TO L. ESTIMATED DISTANCE WAS 1/4 MI AND 400-500 FT ABOVE. MY INITIAL REACTION WAS TO DIVE WHICH CAUSED THE NURSES IN THE REAR SOME DISCOMFORT. THE DOCTOR STATED HE HAD ASSUMED I HAD HAD THE ACFT IN SIGHT ALL ALONG. I ASKED THE SMA PLT IF HE HAD SEEN THE TWIN GO BY AND HE ANSWERED 'YES.' HIS CASUALNESS INDICATED HE HAD NOT CONSIDERED US A COLLISION THREAT. MY CTL INPUT WAS THE RESULT OF SUDDENLY SEEING THE OTHER ACFT AT AN UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSE RANGE. I HAVE ALWAYS RPTED SEEING OTHER ACFT WHILE STILL ON UNICOM IN THE ARPT VICINITY BUT OBVIOUSLY THE SMA PLT DID NOT FEEL THIS WAS NECESSARY. THE DOCTOR WILL BE A BETTER FRONT SEAT PAX.
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.