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Runway incursion and conflict occurs when a glider and its tow plane almost collide with landing traffic as they take off across the active runway from a grassy area at a non tower airport, heg, fl.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 537715 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200112 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Sail Plane |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : takeoff roll |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : takeoff roll |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 12 flight time total : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 537715 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical incursion : runway non adherence : far non adherence : required legal separation other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : plt 3 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action none taken : detected after the fact |
| Miss Distance | vertical : 10 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Tow plane and glider taking off from grass area beside runway 7/25 in a southeast direction crossing runway 7 about midway. Power traffic landing runway 7 from our right side was on runway, still moving. Neither tow pilot nor I saw this aircraft until we were just past his line of movement, with an altitude of probably 10 ft. The power pilot was moving at a rate of speed to where he could have stopped if necessary. It could possibly have been a serious accident had closing rates been faster, but the power pilot was able to stop safely before reaching our flight path.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RWY INCURSION AND CONFLICT OCCURS WHEN A GLIDER AND ITS TOW PLANE ALMOST COLLIDE WITH LNDG TFC AS THEY TAKE OFF ACROSS THE ACTIVE RWY FROM A GRASSY AREA AT A NON TWR ARPT, HEG, FL.
Narrative: TOW PLANE AND GLIDER TAKING OFF FROM GRASS AREA BESIDE RWY 7/25 IN A SE DIRECTION XING RWY 7 ABOUT MIDWAY. PWR TFC LNDG RWY 7 FROM OUR R SIDE WAS ON RWY, STILL MOVING. NEITHER TOW PLT NOR I SAW THIS ACFT UNTIL WE WERE JUST PAST HIS LINE OF MOVEMENT, WITH AN ALT OF PROBABLY 10 FT. THE PWR PLT WAS MOVING AT A RATE OF SPD TO WHERE HE COULD HAVE STOPPED IF NECESSARY. IT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT HAD CLOSING RATES BEEN FASTER, BUT THE PWR PLT WAS ABLE TO STOP SAFELY BEFORE REACHING OUR FLT PATH.
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.