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Captain of light transport commuter aircraft made a 270 degree turn in order to provide spacing with another aircraft on final.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 318200 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199510 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mvy |
| State Reference | MA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 1500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mvy |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | PA-60 600 Aerostar |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | other other : other pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 1700 flight time type : 1400 |
| ASRS Report | 318200 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 1000 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Our aircraft and a piper aerostar were on visual approachs to mvy. Both aircraft were roughly an equal distance from the runway. The captain of this aircraft decided to ask to be #1 for the approach, given our higher airspeed, and the tower agreed, instructing the aerostar to follow us in. The pilot of the aerostar objected, claiming to be much closer, but the tower repeated instructions to follow us in. As we were preparing to turn final, the aerostar had not maneuvered to follow us, and as a result we made a left 270 degree and followed the aerostar to land. The aerostar was in sight at all times and a collision was never a possibility.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF LTT COMMUTER ACFT MADE A 270 DEG TURN IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SPACING WITH ANOTHER ACFT ON FINAL.
Narrative: OUR ACFT AND A PIPER AEROSTAR WERE ON VISUAL APCHS TO MVY. BOTH ACFT WERE ROUGHLY AN EQUAL DISTANCE FROM THE RWY. THE CAPT OF THIS ACFT DECIDED TO ASK TO BE #1 FOR THE APCH, GIVEN OUR HIGHER AIRSPD, AND THE TWR AGREED, INSTRUCTING THE AEROSTAR TO FOLLOW US IN. THE PLT OF THE AEROSTAR OBJECTED, CLAIMING TO BE MUCH CLOSER, BUT THE TWR REPEATED INSTRUCTIONS TO FOLLOW US IN. AS WE WERE PREPARING TO TURN FINAL, THE AEROSTAR HAD NOT MANEUVERED TO FOLLOW US, AND AS A RESULT WE MADE A L 270 DEG AND FOLLOWED THE AEROSTAR TO LAND. THE AEROSTAR WAS IN SIGHT AT ALL TIMES AND A COLLISION WAS NEVER A POSSIBILITY.
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.