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Attributes | |
ACN | 480183 |
Time | |
Date | 200007 |
Day | Mon |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | navaid : sea.vortac |
State Reference | WA |
Altitude | msl single value : 1500 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Controlling Facilities | tower : bfi.tower |
Operator | general aviation : personal |
Make Model Name | Cessna 152 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | cruise : level |
Flight Plan | VFR |
Aircraft 2 | |
Controlling Facilities | tower : bfi.tower |
Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | cruise : level |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | other |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 704 flight time total : 286 flight time type : 150 |
ASRS Report | 480183 |
Person 2 | |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Qualification | pilot : private |
Events | |
Anomaly | conflict : nmac non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : published procedure |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 30 |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
I was looking at the ground to verify my position. I looked up and saw a red and white cessna about 60 ft away and closing, heading sbound, and evasively rolling into a steep bank away from me to the west. I evasively rolled into a diving turn toward the north. If both the other pilot and I had not turned away from each other, we certainly would have collided. Before the occurrence, I had recently made initial contact with boeing tower and had just entered boeing class D airspace. I was never given a TA by boeing tower. I believe that the other aircraft was flying to renton airport, which is likely why boeing tower was not aware of it. I have experienced that VFR traffic between boeing tower and renton tower often conflicts. I would recommend a system that would allow boeing and renton towers to be aware of each other's traffic. If I had received a traffic report, I believe that adequate separation would have been maintained. I would also recommend that if boeing tower's supplemental radar, fed from seatac, had a conflict alert system, it would have notified the controller of the situation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A LOW TIME C152 PLT, FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF BFI, WAS LOOKING DOWN AT THE GND WHEN HE FINALLY NOTICED A C172, ONLY 30 FT AWAY, MAKING AN EVASIVE TURN.
Narrative: I WAS LOOKING AT THE GND TO VERIFY MY POS. I LOOKED UP AND SAW A RED AND WHITE CESSNA ABOUT 60 FT AWAY AND CLOSING, HEADING SBOUND, AND EVASIVELY ROLLING INTO A STEEP BANK AWAY FROM ME TO THE W. I EVASIVELY ROLLED INTO A DIVING TURN TOWARD THE N. IF BOTH THE OTHER PLT AND I HAD NOT TURNED AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, WE CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE COLLIDED. BEFORE THE OCCURRENCE, I HAD RECENTLY MADE INITIAL CONTACT WITH BOEING TWR AND HAD JUST ENTERED BOEING CLASS D AIRSPACE. I WAS NEVER GIVEN A TA BY BOEING TWR. I BELIEVE THAT THE OTHER ACFT WAS FLYING TO RENTON ARPT, WHICH IS LIKELY WHY BOEING TWR WAS NOT AWARE OF IT. I HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT VFR TFC BTWN BOEING TWR AND RENTON TWR OFTEN CONFLICTS. I WOULD RECOMMEND A SYS THAT WOULD ALLOW BOEING AND RENTON TWRS TO BE AWARE OF EACH OTHER'S TFC. IF I HAD RECEIVED A TFC RPT, I BELIEVE THAT ADEQUATE SEPARATION WOULD HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED. I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND THAT IF BOEING TWR'S SUPPLEMENTAL RADAR, FED FROM SEATAC, HAD A CONFLICT ALERT SYS, IT WOULD HAVE NOTIFIED THE CTLR OF THE SIT.
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.