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An amphibious C185 pilot, taking off from a channel approximately 5 NM southwest of lga, admitted passing too close to a moving vessel.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 583053 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200305 |
| Day | Thu |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lga.airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Skywagon 185 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 300 |
| ASRS Report | 583053 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | other personnel |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter other non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 300 vertical : 40 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
During initial part of a water takeoff, a vessel was observed in the entrance of the channel. The takeoff was initiated in the channel to lift off in the 6000 ft wide river. Vessel location was in the normal takeoff path. The vessel was stationary with adequate room on right hand side of vessel. Judged continued takeoff to be safe. Takeoff path between vessel and shore was 300-400 ft wide. Water was smooth, wind direction resulted in a direct headwind, approximately 5 KTS. Continued takeoff and was at approximately 40 ft MSL when passing vessel on right hand side. Vessel appeared to have stopped to allow us a safe takeoff. Possible future corrective action: talk to vessels in the area on marine VHF.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN AMPHIBIOUS C185 PLT, TAKING OFF FROM A CHANNEL APPROX 5 NM SW OF LGA, ADMITTED PASSING TOO CLOSE TO A MOVING VESSEL.
Narrative: DURING INITIAL PART OF A WATER TKOF, A VESSEL WAS OBSERVED IN THE ENTRANCE OF THE CHANNEL. THE TKOF WAS INITIATED IN THE CHANNEL TO LIFT OFF IN THE 6000 FT WIDE RIVER. VESSEL LOCATION WAS IN THE NORMAL TKOF PATH. THE VESSEL WAS STATIONARY WITH ADEQUATE ROOM ON R HAND SIDE OF VESSEL. JUDGED CONTINUED TKOF TO BE SAFE. TKOF PATH BTWN VESSEL AND SHORE WAS 300-400 FT WIDE. WATER WAS SMOOTH, WIND DIRECTION RESULTED IN A DIRECT HEADWIND, APPROX 5 KTS. CONTINUED TKOF AND WAS AT APPROX 40 FT MSL WHEN PASSING VESSEL ON R HAND SIDE. VESSEL APPEARED TO HAVE STOPPED TO ALLOW US A SAFE TKOF. POSSIBLE FUTURE CORRECTIVE ACTION: TALK TO VESSELS IN THE AREA ON MARINE VHF.
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.