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Instructor with student pilot on night training flight practicing touch and go procedure sights a citation on approach opposite direction. At 150 ft AGL they are required to make a steep turn to avoid the traffic.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 377629 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199707 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pfn |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 150 agl bound upper : 150 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff cruise other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Citation Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : unknown |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | instruction : instructor |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 170 flight time total : 800 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 377629 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : student |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 5000 vertical : 100 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
On a night VFR flight, I was instructing my student on night operations and we were doing touch and goes for runway 32, which all aircraft had been using. We announced every position in the traffic pattern. Upon turning final approach, I noticed lights of another aircraft approaching the airport. We announced our intentions, but never heard a reply from the other aircraft. We had no idea what their intentions were. Upon departing runway 32 on the 'go' of our touch and go, we were airborne and the other aircraft began approaching us for a straight in to runway 14. This aircraft, we later found out, was a cessna citation. We had to avoid the inbound aircraft for runway 14, while we had already departed runway 32, by making a steep turn 150 ft above the ground. We continued with the lesson, and the citation landed, dropped off passenger and taxied out to runway 32. We never heard a single radio call from this aircraft the entire time we were in the traffic pattern. Our safety was jeopardized and I feel the aircraft had no concern for following the proper procedures. Larger aircraft may need to review the proper procedures for operating at an airport after the tower has closed. The citation was very unprofessional and unsafe that night.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: INSTRUCTOR WITH STUDENT PLT ON NIGHT TRAINING FLT PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO PROC SIGHTS A CITATION ON APCH OPPOSITE DIRECTION. AT 150 FT AGL THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE A STEEP TURN TO AVOID THE TFC.
Narrative: ON A NIGHT VFR FLT, I WAS INSTRUCTING MY STUDENT ON NIGHT OPS AND WE WERE DOING TOUCH AND GOES FOR RWY 32, WHICH ALL ACFT HAD BEEN USING. WE ANNOUNCED EVERY POS IN THE TFC PATTERN. UPON TURNING FINAL APCH, I NOTICED LIGHTS OF ANOTHER ACFT APCHING THE ARPT. WE ANNOUNCED OUR INTENTIONS, BUT NEVER HEARD A REPLY FROM THE OTHER ACFT. WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS WERE. UPON DEPARTING RWY 32 ON THE 'GO' OF OUR TOUCH AND GO, WE WERE AIRBORNE AND THE OTHER ACFT BEGAN APCHING US FOR A STRAIGHT IN TO RWY 14. THIS ACFT, WE LATER FOUND OUT, WAS A CESSNA CITATION. WE HAD TO AVOID THE INBOUND ACFT FOR RWY 14, WHILE WE HAD ALREADY DEPARTED RWY 32, BY MAKING A STEEP TURN 150 FT ABOVE THE GND. WE CONTINUED WITH THE LESSON, AND THE CITATION LANDED, DROPPED OFF PAX AND TAXIED OUT TO RWY 32. WE NEVER HEARD A SINGLE RADIO CALL FROM THIS ACFT THE ENTIRE TIME WE WERE IN THE TFC PATTERN. OUR SAFETY WAS JEOPARDIZED AND I FEEL THE ACFT HAD NO CONCERN FOR FOLLOWING THE PROPER PROCS. LARGER ACFT MAY NEED TO REVIEW THE PROPER PROCS FOR OPERATING AT AN ARPT AFTER THE TWR HAS CLOSED. THE CITATION WAS VERY UNPROFESSIONAL AND UNSAFE THAT NIGHT.
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.