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Student pilot on initial solo at uncontrolled airport has conflict with another aircraft taking off in opposing runway direction.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 460967 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200001 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | UT |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 152 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | ground : taxi ground : position and hold |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer II/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff ground : takeoff roll ground : taxi |
| Route In Use | departure : vfr |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | instruction : trainee |
| Qualification | pilot : student |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 14 flight time total : 19 flight time type : 19 |
| ASRS Report | 460967 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac incursion : runway non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 200 vertical : 300 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
This was my first solo flight. We did 2 full stop taxi backs using runway 16. There were a couple of other planes in the pattern during this time. I let my instructor out after the second landing and proceeded to taxi to runway 16. Wind direction was neutral, but since we and other aircraft had been using runway 16, I stayed with runway 16. There was no traffic in the pattern at this time. Right before I rolled onto runway 16, I heard faint static filled radio call on CTAF. Since it sounded so bad, I thought it was a distant aircraft entering the valley. I then announced I was rolling onto runway 16 for takeoff. Right after that, the other aircraft announced they were taking off on runway 34. I immediately started to turn around, but before I could, I saw the other aircraft lifting off midway down the runway. I stopped where I was, which was over to the left side of the runway numbers. The other aircraft turned away before it flew over me. The situation could have been avoided if I had called on the radio immediately and notified the other aircraft, or if the other aircraft used the same runway that had been used for the last 30 mins. This same aircraft had used runway 16 just 15 mins prior.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: STUDENT PLT ON INITIAL SOLO AT UNCTLED ARPT HAS CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER ACFT TAKING OFF IN OPPOSING RWY DIRECTION.
Narrative: THIS WAS MY FIRST SOLO FLT. WE DID 2 FULL STOP TAXI BACKS USING RWY 16. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF OTHER PLANES IN THE PATTERN DURING THIS TIME. I LET MY INSTRUCTOR OUT AFTER THE SECOND LNDG AND PROCEEDED TO TAXI TO RWY 16. WIND DIRECTION WAS NEUTRAL, BUT SINCE WE AND OTHER ACFT HAD BEEN USING RWY 16, I STAYED WITH RWY 16. THERE WAS NO TFC IN THE PATTERN AT THIS TIME. RIGHT BEFORE I ROLLED ONTO RWY 16, I HEARD FAINT STATIC FILLED RADIO CALL ON CTAF. SINCE IT SOUNDED SO BAD, I THOUGHT IT WAS A DISTANT ACFT ENTERING THE VALLEY. I THEN ANNOUNCED I WAS ROLLING ONTO RWY 16 FOR TKOF. RIGHT AFTER THAT, THE OTHER ACFT ANNOUNCED THEY WERE TAKING OFF ON RWY 34. I IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO TURN AROUND, BUT BEFORE I COULD, I SAW THE OTHER ACFT LIFTING OFF MIDWAY DOWN THE RWY. I STOPPED WHERE I WAS, WHICH WAS OVER TO THE L SIDE OF THE RWY NUMBERS. THE OTHER ACFT TURNED AWAY BEFORE IT FLEW OVER ME. THE SIT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF I HAD CALLED ON THE RADIO IMMEDIATELY AND NOTIFIED THE OTHER ACFT, OR IF THE OTHER ACFT USED THE SAME RWY THAT HAD BEEN USED FOR THE LAST 30 MINS. THIS SAME ACFT HAD USED RWY 16 JUST 15 MINS PRIOR.
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.