A private pilot in an small aircraft pulls onto the runway with another small aircraft on approach. ...

Attributes
ACN	393690
Time
Date	199802
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lot
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : apa
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground : holding ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 5 flight time total : 434 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	393690
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action flight crew : exited adverse environment other
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 300 vertical : 100
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I had just completed my run-up, a landing aircraft had just passed the threshold for a landing and was about to touch down. There were no aircraft in the pattern or visible on approach so I announced on the radio my intention to taxi into position for takeoff and started to taxi. Just as I had taxied onto the runway and was starting to turn right to align with the runway I noticed an aircraft to my left on the instrument approach on about a 1 mi final. The instrument approach to this runway is aligned diagonally to the runway on the opposite side of runway centerline to the VFR pattern. I didn't see him on my initial scan maybe because I didn't expect to see someone appear from that direction or maybe it was the low sun behind him. Well, I felt all I needed to do at this point was wait for the aircraft that had just landed to clear the runway, I would depart normally and the aircraft behind could land normally. A short time after I positioned on the runway the pilot of the approaching aircraft announced that he was on short final. The aircraft that had just landed took a very long time to clear the runway. I started to roll slowly trying to space out the aircraft. The pilot of the aircraft that had just landed passed up several txwys that could have been used to vacate the runway. Taxiing slowly he back taxied a short distance to one and finally cleared the runway. He probably planned to rollout to the end. In the meantime the aircraft on final had to do a go around and passed on my right approximately 100 ft above and several hundred feet to the right. I then continued with a normal departure. All the pilots had to adjust what they had planned and things worked out but I'm sure it was a hurried situation for everyone. My suggestions for the 3 pilots involved. Be considerate and don't spend an excess amount of time on an active runway after landing. Sometimes this may not be done due to lack of convenient turnoffs, non familiarity with the airport or aircraft performance. Instead of taxiing into position to hold on the runway wait for landing aircraft to vacate the runway before taxiing into position. Some aircraft may not clear the runway after landing as soon as most. When on a straight-in instrument approach in VFR conditions break off the approach and join the pattern as soon as practical instead of continuing the approach to short final when there are aircraft on the runway. This situation creates uneasiness to the aircraft operators on the ground and may lead to hasty operations.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PVT PLT IN AN SMA PULLS ONTO THE RWY WITH ANOTHER SMA ON APCH. RPTR HAD NOT SEEN THAT ACFT AND HAD DIFFICULTY IN ATTEMPTING A TKOF SINCE ANOTHER SMA WAS STILL ON THE RWY, TAXIING.

Narrative: I HAD JUST COMPLETED MY RUN-UP, A LNDG ACFT HAD JUST PASSED THE THRESHOLD FOR A LNDG AND WAS ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWN. THERE WERE NO ACFT IN THE PATTERN OR VISIBLE ON APCH SO I ANNOUNCED ON THE RADIO MY INTENTION TO TAXI INTO POS FOR TKOF AND STARTED TO TAXI. JUST AS I HAD TAXIED ONTO THE RWY AND WAS STARTING TO TURN R TO ALIGN WITH THE RWY I NOTICED AN ACFT TO MY L ON THE INST APCH ON ABOUT A 1 MI FINAL. THE INST APCH TO THIS RWY IS ALIGNED DIAGONALLY TO THE RWY ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF RWY CTRLINE TO THE VFR PATTERN. I DIDN'T SEE HIM ON MY INITIAL SCAN MAYBE BECAUSE I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE SOMEONE APPEAR FROM THAT DIRECTION OR MAYBE IT WAS THE LOW SUN BEHIND HIM. WELL, I FELT ALL I NEEDED TO DO AT THIS POINT WAS WAIT FOR THE ACFT THAT HAD JUST LANDED TO CLR THE RWY, I WOULD DEPART NORMALLY AND THE ACFT BEHIND COULD LAND NORMALLY. A SHORT TIME AFTER I POSITIONED ON THE RWY THE PLT OF THE APCHING ACFT ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS ON SHORT FINAL. THE ACFT THAT HAD JUST LANDED TOOK A VERY LONG TIME TO CLR THE RWY. I STARTED TO ROLL SLOWLY TRYING TO SPACE OUT THE ACFT. THE PLT OF THE ACFT THAT HAD JUST LANDED PASSED UP SEVERAL TXWYS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO VACATE THE RWY. TAXIING SLOWLY HE BACK TAXIED A SHORT DISTANCE TO ONE AND FINALLY CLRED THE RWY. HE PROBABLY PLANNED TO ROLLOUT TO THE END. IN THE MEANTIME THE ACFT ON FINAL HAD TO DO A GAR AND PASSED ON MY R APPROX 100 FT ABOVE AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET TO THE R. I THEN CONTINUED WITH A NORMAL DEP. ALL THE PLTS HAD TO ADJUST WHAT THEY HAD PLANNED AND THINGS WORKED OUT BUT I'M SURE IT WAS A HURRIED SIT FOR EVERYONE. MY SUGGESTIONS FOR THE 3 PLTS INVOLVED. BE CONSIDERATE AND DON'T SPEND AN EXCESS AMOUNT OF TIME ON AN ACTIVE RWY AFTER LNDG. SOMETIMES THIS MAY NOT BE DONE DUE TO LACK OF CONVENIENT TURNOFFS, NON FAMILIARITY WITH THE ARPT OR ACFT PERFORMANCE. INSTEAD OF TAXIING INTO POS TO HOLD ON THE RWY WAIT FOR LNDG ACFT TO VACATE THE RWY BEFORE TAXIING INTO POS. SOME ACFT MAY NOT CLR THE RWY AFTER LNDG AS SOON AS MOST. WHEN ON A STRAIGHT-IN INST APCH IN VFR CONDITIONS BREAK OFF THE APCH AND JOIN THE PATTERN AS SOON AS PRACTICAL INSTEAD OF CONTINUING THE APCH TO SHORT FINAL WHEN THERE ARE ACFT ON THE RWY. THIS SIT CREATES UNEASINESS TO THE ACFT OPERATORS ON THE GND AND MAY LEAD TO HASTY OPS.

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.

A private pilot in an small aircraft pulls onto the runway with another small aircraft on approach. Reporter had not seen that aircraft and had difficulty in attempting a takeoff since another small aircraft was still on the runway, taxiing.