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Attributes | |
ACN | 359271 |
Time | |
Date | 199701 |
Day | Thu |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : mgm |
State Reference | AL |
Altitude | msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | tower : mgm tower : avp |
Operator | other |
Make Model Name | Learjet 35 |
Operating Under FAR Part | other : other |
Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : intermediate altitude |
Route In Use | departure other |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Aircraft 2 | |
Operator | general aviation : personal |
Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer II/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | descent : approach |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | government : faa |
Function | controller : local |
Qualification | controller : radar |
Experience | controller radar : 15 |
ASRS Report | 359271 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | government : military |
Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
Qualification | pilot : military |
Events | |
Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation other spatial deviation |
Independent Detector | other controllera |
Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
Consequence | Other |
Miss Distance | horizontal : 6000 vertical : 0 |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Situations | |
ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
Montgomery ATCT provides approach control service for mgm airport and maxwell AFB located approximately 5 NM apart. Procedures are contained in an LOA for maxwell tower to insure that VFR departures that will affect mgm ATCT class D airspace are issued east or west headings to avoid the mgm class D to the south. In this instance the learjet departed runway 15 at mxf and proceeded southeast crossing the final approach course to runway 28 at mgm. It passed behind 1 aircraft and in front of the cherokee, missing it by about 1 mi at the same altitude. I'm not sure if the learjet was on an IFR clearance at the time. Failure to insure that the aircraft executed the west turn prior to changing his frequency. A similar incident had occurred about a week earlier involving a twin cessna and a heavy KR35.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A MIL C21 DEPARTING AN ADJACENT ARPT CROSSES THROUGH MGM FINAL APCH AND CONFLICTS WITH ACFT ON FINAL APCH. MGM CTLR CLAIMS LOA WITH ADJACENT MIL FACILITY REQUIRES THAT ACFT REMAIN CLR OF CLASS D AIRSPACE TO THE S.
Narrative: MONTGOMERY ATCT PROVIDES APCH CTL SVC FOR MGM ARPT AND MAXWELL AFB LOCATED APPROX 5 NM APART. PROCS ARE CONTAINED IN AN LOA FOR MAXWELL TWR TO INSURE THAT VFR DEPS THAT WILL AFFECT MGM ATCT CLASS D AIRSPACE ARE ISSUED E OR W HDGS TO AVOID THE MGM CLASS D TO THE S. IN THIS INSTANCE THE LEARJET DEPARTED RWY 15 AT MXF AND PROCEEDED SE XING THE FINAL APCH COURSE TO RWY 28 AT MGM. IT PASSED BEHIND 1 ACFT AND IN FRONT OF THE CHEROKEE, MISSING IT BY ABOUT 1 MI AT THE SAME ALT. I'M NOT SURE IF THE LEARJET WAS ON AN IFR CLRNC AT THE TIME. FAILURE TO INSURE THAT THE ACFT EXECUTED THE W TURN PRIOR TO CHANGING HIS FREQ. A SIMILAR INCIDENT HAD OCCURRED ABOUT A WK EARLIER INVOLVING A TWIN CESSNA AND A HVY KR35.
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.