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A cga SW3 on VOR approach breaks out of the clouds on final and has a conflict with a military BE20 on contact approach opposite direction.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 409940 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199807 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ozr |
| State Reference | AL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 800 agl bound upper : 800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : ozr |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Merlin III |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | Super King Air 200/Huron |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time total : 3800 |
| ASRS Report | 409940 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : published procedure non adherence : required legal separation other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 3000 vertical : 500 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
Approach told us to look for a military king air 200 which was making a contact approach. When the SW3 cleared the broken layer of clouds, we noticed the king air was at our 10 O'clock position coming toward us. The king air was higher and not in a position to make a landing ahead of us. We took a 30 degree right turn to avoid and descended to MDA 840 ft. We told tower that the king air was not in a position to be ahead of us. The king air followed us in for landing. The passenger was alarmed because he was able to see what had happened. I don't think that if an aircraft has filed IFR flight plan and is making the recommended IFR approach to a runway at an airport that is IFR has to look for and avoid other aircraft that want to cut in front of him, and not make the approach causing a possible midair collision in broken clouds. Even if the king air was able to get in position for landing ahead of our SW3, we would have had to go missed approach and do the entire approach all over again. Just because you are training doesn't mean other visiting aircraft are less important. The king air should have been denied his contact approach when he had us in sight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A CGA SW3 ON VOR APCH BREAKS OUT OF THE CLOUDS ON FINAL AND HAS A CONFLICT WITH A MIL BE20 ON CONTACT APCH OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
Narrative: APCH TOLD US TO LOOK FOR A MIL KING AIR 200 WHICH WAS MAKING A CONTACT APCH. WHEN THE SW3 CLRED THE BROKEN LAYER OF CLOUDS, WE NOTICED THE KING AIR WAS AT OUR 10 O'CLOCK POS COMING TOWARD US. THE KING AIR WAS HIGHER AND NOT IN A POS TO MAKE A LNDG AHEAD OF US. WE TOOK A 30 DEG R TURN TO AVOID AND DSNDED TO MDA 840 FT. WE TOLD TWR THAT THE KING AIR WAS NOT IN A POS TO BE AHEAD OF US. THE KING AIR FOLLOWED US IN FOR LNDG. THE PAX WAS ALARMED BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I DON'T THINK THAT IF AN ACFT HAS FILED IFR FLT PLAN AND IS MAKING THE RECOMMENDED IFR APCH TO A RWY AT AN ARPT THAT IS IFR HAS TO LOOK FOR AND AVOID OTHER ACFT THAT WANT TO CUT IN FRONT OF HIM, AND NOT MAKE THE APCH CAUSING A POSSIBLE MIDAIR COLLISION IN BROKEN CLOUDS. EVEN IF THE KING AIR WAS ABLE TO GET IN POS FOR LNDG AHEAD OF OUR SW3, WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO GO MISSED APCH AND DO THE ENTIRE APCH ALL OVER AGAIN. JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE TRAINING DOESN'T MEAN OTHER VISITING ACFT ARE LESS IMPORTANT. THE KING AIR SHOULD HAVE BEEN DENIED HIS CONTACT APCH WHEN HE HAD US IN SIGHT.
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.