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Less than desired separation of a sel small aircraft on an initial climb out at 200 ft over the runway, from an uncommanded airport, and a helicopter on a parallel initial climb out to the side of the runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 485518 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200009 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iws.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 200 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Experimental |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 15 flight time total : 2000 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 485518 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact none taken : insufficient time |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 200 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airspace Structure Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Typical sunday afternoon, busy touch-and-go pattern, good WX. After 3 takeoff/lndgs, then full stop, taxied back to depart runway 15. Did not observe helicopter on opposite side of field by terminal building. 3 planes waiting to take off as unable due to lots of traffic. Radio traffic congested also. My turn to depart -- made departure call on radio, took active runway. Was climbing out just beyond midfield, reflection caught my eye. Helicopter departing parallel to active runway. Had not heard them on radio -- they may have been talking to houston approach. I could not tell what their intentions were. Their departure, although parallel, seemed too close to be safe for local traffic. If there were distrs on opposite side of plane, and slight crosswind, I could have easily drifted off centerline, which would have resulted in a collision.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LESS THAN DESIRED SEPARATION OF A SEL SMA ON AN INITIAL CLBOUT AT 200 FT OVER THE RWY, FROM AN UNCOMMANDED ARPT, AND A HELI ON A PARALLEL INITIAL CLBOUT TO THE SIDE OF THE RWY.
Narrative: TYPICAL SUNDAY AFTERNOON, BUSY TOUCH-AND-GO PATTERN, GOOD WX. AFTER 3 TKOF/LNDGS, THEN FULL STOP, TAXIED BACK TO DEPART RWY 15. DID NOT OBSERVE HELI ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF FIELD BY TERMINAL BUILDING. 3 PLANES WAITING TO TAKE OFF AS UNABLE DUE TO LOTS OF TFC. RADIO TFC CONGESTED ALSO. MY TURN TO DEPART -- MADE DEP CALL ON RADIO, TOOK ACTIVE RWY. WAS CLBING OUT JUST BEYOND MIDFIELD, REFLECTION CAUGHT MY EYE. HELI DEPARTING PARALLEL TO ACTIVE RWY. HAD NOT HEARD THEM ON RADIO -- THEY MAY HAVE BEEN TALKING TO HOUSTON APCH. I COULD NOT TELL WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS WERE. THEIR DEP, ALTHOUGH PARALLEL, SEEMED TOO CLOSE TO BE SAFE FOR LCL TFC. IF THERE WERE DISTRS ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF PLANE, AND SLIGHT XWIND, I COULD HAVE EASILY DRIFTED OFF CTRLINE, WHICH WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A COLLISION.
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.