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Attributes | |
ACN | 361418 |
Time | |
Date | 199702 |
Day | Sun |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : avp |
State Reference | PA |
Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | artcc : zme |
Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground other : taxi |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | Other |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Qualification | pilot : private |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 811 flight time type : 750 |
ASRS Report | 361418 |
Person 2 | |
Affiliation | government : faa |
Function | controller : local |
Qualification | controller : non radar |
Events | |
Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe conflict : ground less severe non adherence : far non adherence other other anomaly other |
Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action flight crew : overcame equipment problem |
Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
My radio broke and I was using my hand-held. It disconnected from the outside antenna. A cessna almost hit my wing with its strut. There was a man on ground with vest and 2 orange lights moving the planes to takeoff. After I got airborne I found my antenna was unhooked. I called wilkes barre and told them what happened. He told me to call the tower when I got back to N81. I called and he started yelling at me. I tried to talk to him, he did not care. He told me I was lying and wrote me up. Nothing but a bunch of bull for me. The FAA lawyer told me I should not move my plane. If my plane got hit would the FAA fix it for me? Callback conversation with reporter's sister revealed the following information: analyst called to determine the correct date, the location, the aircraft and if there was any FAA follow up investigation. Reporter was not available due to undergoing surgery and his sister requested that a friend return the callback. Inability to discuss the incident with anyone other than reporter made it impossible to answer the questions, so report is being processed with the information available in the original narrative.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT DEPARTING AN AIR SHOW FOLLOWING MARSHALLER GUIDANCE IS ALMOST HIT BY A CESSNA STRUT. HE HAS INOP RADIO AND HIS HAND-HELD ANTENNA IS LOOSE, SO IN REALITY HE IS NORDO. ON CALL BACK TO TWR HE HAS A VERBAL JOUST WITH CTLR.
Narrative: MY RADIO BROKE AND I WAS USING MY HAND-HELD. IT DISCONNECTED FROM THE OUTSIDE ANTENNA. A CESSNA ALMOST HIT MY WING WITH ITS STRUT. THERE WAS A MAN ON GND WITH VEST AND 2 ORANGE LIGHTS MOVING THE PLANES TO TKOF. AFTER I GOT AIRBORNE I FOUND MY ANTENNA WAS UNHOOKED. I CALLED WILKES BARRE AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED. HE TOLD ME TO CALL THE TWR WHEN I GOT BACK TO N81. I CALLED AND HE STARTED YELLING AT ME. I TRIED TO TALK TO HIM, HE DID NOT CARE. HE TOLD ME I WAS LYING AND WROTE ME UP. NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF BULL FOR ME. THE FAA LAWYER TOLD ME I SHOULD NOT MOVE MY PLANE. IF MY PLANE GOT HIT WOULD THE FAA FIX IT FOR ME? CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR'S SISTER REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: ANALYST CALLED TO DETERMINE THE CORRECT DATE, THE LOCATION, THE ACFT AND IF THERE WAS ANY FAA FOLLOW UP INVESTIGATION. RPTR WAS NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO UNDERGOING SURGERY AND HIS SISTER REQUESTED THAT A FRIEND RETURN THE CALLBACK. INABILITY TO DISCUSS THE INCIDENT WITH ANYONE OTHER THAN RPTR MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, SO RPT IS BEING PROCESSED WITH THE INFO AVAILABLE IN THE ORIGINAL NARRATIVE.
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.