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Attributes | |
ACN | 717512 |
Time | |
Date | 200611 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : bkv.airport |
State Reference | FL |
Altitude | msl single value : 2000 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Operator | general aviation : personal |
Make Model Name | Cessna 152 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Navigation In Use | ils localizer only : 9 |
Flight Phase | descent : approach |
Route In Use | approach : instrument non precision |
Flight Plan | None |
Aircraft 2 | |
Controlling Facilities | tracon : tpa.tracon |
Make Model Name | PA-31 Navajo Chieftan/Mojave/Navajo T1020 |
Navigation In Use | ils localizer only : 9 |
Flight Phase | descent : approach |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | other |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : private |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 15 flight time total : 340 flight time type : 130 |
ASRS Report | 717512 |
Person 2 | |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Events | |
Anomaly | conflict : nmac non adherence : published procedure |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action |
Miss Distance | horizontal : 200 vertical : 300 |
Supplementary | |
Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Airspace Structure |
Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
I was about 1/2 way through my turn to track the localizer for runway 9 bkv from the south. I was monitoring the bkv CTAF on 123.0. At this point; I suddenly had a windshield full of piper navajo that appeared approximately 200-300 ft above me making a turn onto the same localizer from the north. He proceeded ahead of me and I slowed; which was probably not necessary. I did not hear him on the radio. We both proceeded on the localizer. He was moving way ahead of me on it. I heard 1 call from him on the CTAF that he would make (I thought) a full stop from him. During this time; there were other planes in the pattern at bkv. A cessna was downwind; then base; and turned final in front of the navajo and landed as the navajo proceeded to go missed; above the landed cessna. I did not see the navajo land and did not see him after he went missed. It was obvious that we approached the localizer for a practice approach at the same point in time and (near) space. Since I was not on approach frequency; I don't know if he was either; so I don't know if he was getting TA's or approach control instructions. He may have just been tracking the localizer for practice like I was. It was disturbing that he only made 1 call on him. It appeared that the cessna did not hear his single call on the frequency. As for my part; I should have at least been monitoring approach if not talking to them while doing this maneuver. Since the plane I was flying had a missing hundredth digit on the single radio; I felt more comfortable just staying on the CTAF instead of changing frequencys and trying to guess whether I would be back on CTAF when the time came; so this was a factor in this event.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A C150 PRACTICING A BKV 9 LOC APCH HAS AN NMAC WITH A PA31 WHO WAS NOT ON BKV CTAF.
Narrative: I WAS ABOUT 1/2 WAY THROUGH MY TURN TO TRACK THE LOC FOR RWY 9 BKV FROM THE S. I WAS MONITORING THE BKV CTAF ON 123.0. AT THIS POINT; I SUDDENLY HAD A WINDSHIELD FULL OF PIPER NAVAJO THAT APPEARED APPROX 200-300 FT ABOVE ME MAKING A TURN ONTO THE SAME LOC FROM THE N. HE PROCEEDED AHEAD OF ME AND I SLOWED; WHICH WAS PROBABLY NOT NECESSARY. I DID NOT HEAR HIM ON THE RADIO. WE BOTH PROCEEDED ON THE LOC. HE WAS MOVING WAY AHEAD OF ME ON IT. I HEARD 1 CALL FROM HIM ON THE CTAF THAT HE WOULD MAKE (I THOUGHT) A FULL STOP FROM HIM. DURING THIS TIME; THERE WERE OTHER PLANES IN THE PATTERN AT BKV. A CESSNA WAS DOWNWIND; THEN BASE; AND TURNED FINAL IN FRONT OF THE NAVAJO AND LANDED AS THE NAVAJO PROCEEDED TO GO MISSED; ABOVE THE LANDED CESSNA. I DID NOT SEE THE NAVAJO LAND AND DID NOT SEE HIM AFTER HE WENT MISSED. IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT WE APCHED THE LOC FOR A PRACTICE APCH AT THE SAME POINT IN TIME AND (NEAR) SPACE. SINCE I WAS NOT ON APCH FREQ; I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS EITHER; SO I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS GETTING TA'S OR APCH CTL INSTRUCTIONS. HE MAY HAVE JUST BEEN TRACKING THE LOC FOR PRACTICE LIKE I WAS. IT WAS DISTURBING THAT HE ONLY MADE 1 CALL ON HIM. IT APPEARED THAT THE CESSNA DID NOT HEAR HIS SINGLE CALL ON THE FREQ. AS FOR MY PART; I SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST BEEN MONITORING APCH IF NOT TALKING TO THEM WHILE DOING THIS MANEUVER. SINCE THE PLANE I WAS FLYING HAD A MISSING HUNDREDTH DIGIT ON THE SINGLE RADIO; I FELT MORE COMFORTABLE JUST STAYING ON THE CTAF INSTEAD OF CHANGING FREQS AND TRYING TO GUESS WHETHER I WOULD BE BACK ON CTAF WHEN THE TIME CAME; SO THIS WAS A FACTOR IN THIS EVENT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.