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Pilot conducting an approach to prb airport initiates a go around maneuver to avoid radio controled model aircraft which the reporter perceives is operating too close to runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 419307 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199810 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : prb |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 350 agl bound upper : 350 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Amateur (Home) Built |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Route In Use | arrival other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Other |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : unknown |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 6350 flight time type : 1200 |
| ASRS Report | 419307 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 3000 vertical : 200 |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
The problem is totally caused by allowing a radio controled model airplane club to operate on the airport only a few hundred ft from a runway. I broke out of the clouds and could see only the first half of runway 31 at prb because of more clouds in front of me and as I descended toward the runway, I suddenly saw this toy airplane about 130 ft AGL going toward the mid point of runway 31 about 100 mph. I had to circle to land at 350 ft AGL to land on another runway and land with a quartering tailwind to avoid this menacing toy airplane. Removing the toy airplanes from the paso robles airport will solve this problem. This is the second time that I have encountered toy airplanes when the field is IMC. The toy airplanes have been observed to overfly runways and have been observed at 1000 ft in the traffic pattern several times.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT CONDUCTING AN APCH TO PRB ARPT INITIATES A GAR MANEUVER TO AVOID RADIO CTLED MODEL ACFT WHICH THE RPTR PERCEIVES IS OPERATING TOO CLOSE TO RWY.
Narrative: THE PROB IS TOTALLY CAUSED BY ALLOWING A RADIO CTLED MODEL AIRPLANE CLUB TO OPERATE ON THE ARPT ONLY A FEW HUNDRED FT FROM A RWY. I BROKE OUT OF THE CLOUDS AND COULD SEE ONLY THE FIRST HALF OF RWY 31 AT PRB BECAUSE OF MORE CLOUDS IN FRONT OF ME AND AS I DSNDED TOWARD THE RWY, I SUDDENLY SAW THIS TOY AIRPLANE ABOUT 130 FT AGL GOING TOWARD THE MID POINT OF RWY 31 ABOUT 100 MPH. I HAD TO CIRCLE TO LAND AT 350 FT AGL TO LAND ON ANOTHER RWY AND LAND WITH A QUARTERING TAILWIND TO AVOID THIS MENACING TOY AIRPLANE. REMOVING THE TOY AIRPLANES FROM THE PASO ROBLES ARPT WILL SOLVE THIS PROB. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT I HAVE ENCOUNTERED TOY AIRPLANES WHEN THE FIELD IS IMC. THE TOY AIRPLANES HAVE BEEN OBSERVED TO OVERFLY RWYS AND HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AT 1000 FT IN THE TFC PATTERN SEVERAL TIMES.
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.