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An small aircraft disrupted the traffic at an uncontrolled airport by flying a left instead of right pattern. There was an near midair collision.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 246648 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199307 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tiw |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 1500 agl bound upper : 1500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 246648 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 200 vertical : 600 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I was crossing midfield to enter published right downwind and an aircraft reported 'on downwind for runway 17.' I asked as to left or right traffic. He replied left -- or against published traffic. I called him in sight and as he was above me, I went below him at least 500 ft below. Over the CTAF he called me a 'son of a bitch.' I continued to enter right traffic and land runway 17 behind the small aircraft -- the aircraft in conflict. The other pilot was in the wrong place and did not report his position properly. While this was not too overly close, the point is being aware in air traffic area environment prevented this from turning into an accident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN SMA DISRUPTED THE TFC AT AN UNCTLED ARPT BY FLYING A L INSTEAD OF R PATTERN. THERE WAS AN NMAC.
Narrative: I WAS XING MIDFIELD TO ENTER PUBLISHED R DOWNWIND AND AN ACFT RPTED 'ON DOWNWIND FOR RWY 17.' I ASKED AS TO L OR R TFC. HE REPLIED L -- OR AGAINST PUBLISHED TFC. I CALLED HIM IN SIGHT AND AS HE WAS ABOVE ME, I WENT BELOW HIM AT LEAST 500 FT BELOW. OVER THE CTAF HE CALLED ME A 'SON OF A BITCH.' I CONTINUED TO ENTER R TFC AND LAND RWY 17 BEHIND THE SMA -- THE ACFT IN CONFLICT. THE OTHER PLT WAS IN THE WRONG PLACE AND DID NOT RPT HIS POS PROPERLY. WHILE THIS WAS NOT TOO OVERLY CLOSE, THE POINT IS BEING AWARE IN ATA ENVIRONMENT PREVENTED THIS FROM TURNING INTO AN ACCIDENT.
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.