Reporter claims that while landing and departing at driggs airport, he encountered a truck crossing ...

Attributes
ACN	405678
Time
Date	199805
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : u59
State Reference	ID
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 2000 flight time type : 40
ASRS Report	405678
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 260 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

At about XA05Z on may/xa/98, I was executing the GPS-a approach into the driggs-reed memorial airport while operating under an instrument clearance. I had broken out of the clouds at about 800 ft AGL and 2 1/2 mi from the runway. I called the field in sight and turned to base and then to short final. Due to the clouds to the east I flew a tight pattern. I made at least 3 traffic calls and was in contact with unicom. As I descended through 500 ft AGL on short final a truck pulling a horse trailer rolled from the taxiway across the runway and into the crop dusters' compound. The vehicle obviously was not in any radio contact and never even slowed down as it pulled onto and crossed the runway. It certainly appeared that they didn't even look for air traffic as it would have been hard to miss with 2 landing lights, strobes, a beacon and navigation lights all operating against a dark gray sky. Regarding a crop duster who uses the airport and has his trailer parked next to the runway, I know that he has been a continual source of problems. I have to report that I had the most serious near miss with a vehicle in almost 2000 hours of flying this summer at driggs. One of his trucks came from my blindside, while I was on the taxiway just moving to enter the runway, and at over 25 mph cut in front of me with less than 20 ft of separation. It was an unbelievably dangerous maneuver that caused me to jam on the brakes. It could have thrown debris in my engine as he cut through the dirt off the edge of the taxiway, or worse he actually could have hit me. I think it is time for the board to find out what legal right he has to access his property by crossing the runway at mid-field. I don't think he has any right to operate in this manner. He can build a road on the far side or he can move. All the gravel and dirt he throws on the runway from driving back and forth is a safety problem, not to mention his cars and the fact that he often fails to use the radio properly.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTR CLAIMS THAT WHILE LNDG AND DEPARTING AT DRIGGS ARPT, HE ENCOUNTERED A TRUCK XING THE RWY TO A CROP DUSTING AREA ACROSS THE FIELD.

Narrative: AT ABOUT XA05Z ON MAY/XA/98, I WAS EXECUTING THE GPS-A APCH INTO THE DRIGGS-REED MEMORIAL ARPT WHILE OPERATING UNDER AN INST CLRNC. I HAD BROKEN OUT OF THE CLOUDS AT ABOUT 800 FT AGL AND 2 1/2 MI FROM THE RWY. I CALLED THE FIELD IN SIGHT AND TURNED TO BASE AND THEN TO SHORT FINAL. DUE TO THE CLOUDS TO THE E I FLEW A TIGHT PATTERN. I MADE AT LEAST 3 TFC CALLS AND WAS IN CONTACT WITH UNICOM. AS I DSNDED THROUGH 500 FT AGL ON SHORT FINAL A TRUCK PULLING A HORSE TRAILER ROLLED FROM THE TXWY ACROSS THE RWY AND INTO THE CROP DUSTERS' COMPOUND. THE VEHICLE OBVIOUSLY WAS NOT IN ANY RADIO CONTACT AND NEVER EVEN SLOWED DOWN AS IT PULLED ONTO AND CROSSED THE RWY. IT CERTAINLY APPEARED THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN LOOK FOR AIR TFC AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HARD TO MISS WITH 2 LNDG LIGHTS, STROBES, A BEACON AND NAV LIGHTS ALL OPERATING AGAINST A DARK GRAY SKY. REGARDING A CROP DUSTER WHO USES THE ARPT AND HAS HIS TRAILER PARKED NEXT TO THE RWY, I KNOW THAT HE HAS BEEN A CONTINUAL SOURCE OF PROBS. I HAVE TO RPT THAT I HAD THE MOST SERIOUS NEAR MISS WITH A VEHICLE IN ALMOST 2000 HRS OF FLYING THIS SUMMER AT DRIGGS. ONE OF HIS TRUCKS CAME FROM MY BLINDSIDE, WHILE I WAS ON THE TXWY JUST MOVING TO ENTER THE RWY, AND AT OVER 25 MPH CUT IN FRONT OF ME WITH LESS THAN 20 FT OF SEPARATION. IT WAS AN UNBELIEVABLY DANGEROUS MANEUVER THAT CAUSED ME TO JAM ON THE BRAKES. IT COULD HAVE THROWN DEBRIS IN MY ENG AS HE CUT THROUGH THE DIRT OFF THE EDGE OF THE TXWY, OR WORSE HE ACTUALLY COULD HAVE HIT ME. I THINK IT IS TIME FOR THE BOARD TO FIND OUT WHAT LEGAL RIGHT HE HAS TO ACCESS HIS PROPERTY BY XING THE RWY AT MID-FIELD. I DON'T THINK HE HAS ANY RIGHT TO OPERATE IN THIS MANNER. HE CAN BUILD A ROAD ON THE FAR SIDE OR HE CAN MOVE. ALL THE GRAVEL AND DIRT HE THROWS ON THE RWY FROM DRIVING BACK AND FORTH IS A SAFETY PROB, NOT TO MENTION HIS CARS AND THE FACT THAT HE OFTEN FAILS TO USE THE RADIO PROPERLY.

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.

Reporter claims that while landing and departing at driggs airport, he encountered a truck crossing the runway to a crop dusting area across the field.