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Attributes | |
ACN | 368687 |
Time | |
Date | 199705 |
Day | Thu |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : miv |
State Reference | NJ |
Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
Make Model Name | Turbo Commander 690C |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
Flight Phase | landing other |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | Cessna Single Piston Undifferentiated or Other Model |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air taxi |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 3000 |
ASRS Report | 368687 |
Person 2 | |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Events | |
Anomaly | conflict : ground critical incursion : runway other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
Consequence | Other |
Miss Distance | horizontal : 1100 vertical : 0 |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
FSS on field advised active runway 28 (we called 15 mi southwest). Monitoring CTAF we heard traffic in the pattern, announced ourselves again at 5 mi southwest and upon entering left downwind runway 28. Picked up traffic visually, followed him to runway 28. He lands, turns off and as we're on 1/2 mi final (we also called 'turning left base to final runway 28, millville'). We hear (what we assumed was the solitary aircraft in the run-up block say): '(aircraft tail number) departing runway 28 at millville.' I said aloud, though without keying the microphone, 'you may want to rethink that, slick.' he was in a position such that all he had to do was glance out his windshield and he would have seen all 4 of our landing lights. Since he didn't move toward the runway, I silently reaffirmed my belief that landing lights are always a good idea, landed and said, 'look at that,' as the cessna popped into view from behind a row of trees as he departed runway 32. (Those trees don't show on the approach plate, but I believe they must obscure the 2 runway touchdown zones from each other.) the cessna called millville FSS to report off the ground and I casually asked him which runway. He still said runway 28, so I said 'no-O-O, we just landed on runway 28, you departed runway 32 and we almost hit you,' which was a slight exaggeration, but he needed some food for thought. I have chewed my own 'thought food' many times since then and have decided that they are still called uncontrolled fields for the best of all possible reasons.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF AN AERO COMMANDER, 690, AC6T, LANDED ON AN INTERSECTING RWY OF AN ACFT TAKING OFF AT A NON TWR ARPT, EVEN THOUGH THE RPTR ANNOUNCED HIMSELF OVER UNICOM DURING EACH TFC PATTERN PROC. THE OTHER ACFT DID NOT SEEM TO HEAR THE RPTR.
Narrative: FSS ON FIELD ADVISED ACTIVE RWY 28 (WE CALLED 15 MI SW). MONITORING CTAF WE HEARD TFC IN THE PATTERN, ANNOUNCED OURSELVES AGAIN AT 5 MI SW AND UPON ENTERING L DOWNWIND RWY 28. PICKED UP TFC VISUALLY, FOLLOWED HIM TO RWY 28. HE LANDS, TURNS OFF AND AS WE'RE ON 1/2 MI FINAL (WE ALSO CALLED 'TURNING L BASE TO FINAL RWY 28, MILLVILLE'). WE HEAR (WHAT WE ASSUMED WAS THE SOLITARY ACFT IN THE RUN-UP BLOCK SAY): '(ACFT TAIL NUMBER) DEPARTING RWY 28 AT MILLVILLE.' I SAID ALOUD, THOUGH WITHOUT KEYING THE MIKE, 'YOU MAY WANT TO RETHINK THAT, SLICK.' HE WAS IN A POS SUCH THAT ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS GLANCE OUT HIS WINDSHIELD AND HE WOULD HAVE SEEN ALL 4 OF OUR LNDG LIGHTS. SINCE HE DIDN'T MOVE TOWARD THE RWY, I SILENTLY REAFFIRMED MY BELIEF THAT LNDG LIGHTS ARE ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA, LANDED AND SAID, 'LOOK AT THAT,' AS THE CESSNA POPPED INTO VIEW FROM BEHIND A ROW OF TREES AS HE DEPARTED RWY 32. (THOSE TREES DON'T SHOW ON THE APCH PLATE, BUT I BELIEVE THEY MUST OBSCURE THE 2 RWY TOUCHDOWN ZONES FROM EACH OTHER.) THE CESSNA CALLED MILLVILLE FSS TO RPT OFF THE GND AND I CASUALLY ASKED HIM WHICH RWY. HE STILL SAID RWY 28, SO I SAID 'NO-O-O, WE JUST LANDED ON RWY 28, YOU DEPARTED RWY 32 AND WE ALMOST HIT YOU,' WHICH WAS A SLIGHT EXAGGERATION, BUT HE NEEDED SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT. I HAVE CHEWED MY OWN 'THOUGHT FOOD' MANY TIMES SINCE THEN AND HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY ARE STILL CALLED UNCTLED FIELDS FOR THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE REASONS.
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.