Narrative:

At XA55 local time, I departed runway 32 using frequency 122.8 for montague-yreka airport. Before departure I announced that I would use a left downwind departure toward the south. There was no other reported traffic in the pattern. There was an experimental aircraft reporting 5 mi northeast of the airport coming in to land. After departure and my turn downwind, I flew a course of 165 degrees roughly parallel to the approach to runway 32. I heard over 122.8 an aircraft call in, however, the accent of the voice was such that I missed the airport name, etc. At approximately 4 mi south of the airport and 3600 ft MSL, I observed a beech 99 turboprop pass off my 9 O'clock position in an opposite direction approximately 400-500 ft away and 10 ft below my altitude. At that moment the beech 99 pilot said 'I have the mooney.' at no time prior to this did he make any attempt to contact me, or inquire as to my position even though he heard my 2 position reports prior to and after departure. The beech 99 pilot told me he had called in his intention to do a straight-in to runway 32 from 20 mi out, 10 mi, 5 mi etc. The company operating the beech makes daily arrs into this airport, not using the pattern, arriving into an environment of sail planes, experimental aircraft, student pilots, etc. The perception of this near miss in my view is that all aircraft, even those without radios, must clear a corridor 20 mi long and who knows how wide to let this turboprop do a straight-in from at least 20 mi out. If allowed to continue, next time it may not be a near miss. I followed all normal procedures and feel my flight record of 21 yrs speaks for itself. My one error was not contacting the beech 99 before our close encounter. However, several airports share 122.8 in our area of northern california and I missed the call at least once and never did hear the name montague or yreka called by this beech 99. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter was counseled as to the use of the FAA hotline number for incidents of this type. His aircraft was away from the traffic pattern and the type approachs used by the byway aircraft and their pilots posed a hazard to other aircraft. Reporter said he would call that hotline.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PVT PLT'S RPT ON AN NMAC DURING A VFR DOWNWIND DEP PROC IN PROX OF THE APCH RTE. THE OTHER ACFT WAS ON A STRAIGHT IN APCH.

Narrative: AT XA55 LCL TIME, I DEPARTED RWY 32 USING FREQ 122.8 FOR MONTAGUE-YREKA ARPT. BEFORE DEP I ANNOUNCED THAT I WOULD USE A L DOWNWIND DEP TOWARD THE S. THERE WAS NO OTHER RPTED TFC IN THE PATTERN. THERE WAS AN EXPERIMENTAL ACFT RPTING 5 MI NE OF THE ARPT COMING IN TO LAND. AFTER DEP AND MY TURN DOWNWIND, I FLEW A COURSE OF 165 DEGS ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THE APCH TO RWY 32. I HEARD OVER 122.8 AN ACFT CALL IN, HOWEVER, THE ACCENT OF THE VOICE WAS SUCH THAT I MISSED THE ARPT NAME, ETC. AT APPROX 4 MI S OF THE ARPT AND 3600 FT MSL, I OBSERVED A BEECH 99 TURBOPROP PASS OFF MY 9 O'CLOCK POS IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION APPROX 400-500 FT AWAY AND 10 FT BELOW MY ALT. AT THAT MOMENT THE BEECH 99 PLT SAID 'I HAVE THE MOONEY.' AT NO TIME PRIOR TO THIS DID HE MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO CONTACT ME, OR INQUIRE AS TO MY POS EVEN THOUGH HE HEARD MY 2 POS RPTS PRIOR TO AND AFTER DEP. THE BEECH 99 PLT TOLD ME HE HAD CALLED IN HIS INTENTION TO DO A STRAIGHT-IN TO RWY 32 FROM 20 MI OUT, 10 MI, 5 MI ETC. THE COMPANY OPERATING THE BEECH MAKES DAILY ARRS INTO THIS ARPT, NOT USING THE PATTERN, ARRIVING INTO AN ENVIRONMENT OF SAIL PLANES, EXPERIMENTAL ACFT, STUDENT PLTS, ETC. THE PERCEPTION OF THIS NEAR MISS IN MY VIEW IS THAT ALL ACFT, EVEN THOSE WITHOUT RADIOS, MUST CLR A CORRIDOR 20 MI LONG AND WHO KNOWS HOW WIDE TO LET THIS TURBOPROP DO A STRAIGHT-IN FROM AT LEAST 20 MI OUT. IF ALLOWED TO CONTINUE, NEXT TIME IT MAY NOT BE A NEAR MISS. I FOLLOWED ALL NORMAL PROCS AND FEEL MY FLT RECORD OF 21 YRS SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. MY ONE ERROR WAS NOT CONTACTING THE BEECH 99 BEFORE OUR CLOSE ENCOUNTER. HOWEVER, SEVERAL ARPTS SHARE 122.8 IN OUR AREA OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND I MISSED THE CALL AT LEAST ONCE AND NEVER DID HEAR THE NAME MONTAGUE OR YREKA CALLED BY THIS BEECH 99. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR WAS COUNSELED AS TO THE USE OF THE FAA HOTLINE NUMBER FOR INCIDENTS OF THIS TYPE. HIS ACFT WAS AWAY FROM THE TFC PATTERN AND THE TYPE APCHS USED BY THE BYWAY ACFT AND THEIR PLTS POSED A HAZARD TO OTHER ACFT. RPTR SAID HE WOULD CALL THAT HOTLINE.

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.