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Attributes | |
ACN | 850598 |
Time | |
Date | 200908 |
Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | RBG.Airport |
State Reference | OR |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Small Transport Low Wing 2 Turboprop Eng |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
Flight Phase | Landing |
Route In Use | Visual Approach |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | Experimental |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Takeoff |
Flight Plan | VFR |
Component | |
Aircraft Component | VHF |
Person 1 | |
Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 1400 Flight Crew Type 100 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
I was on an IFR flight plan to rbg. It was a clear day with unlimited visibility and after making multiple radio calls to determine the traffic at the airport; I decided to make a straight-in landing on runway 16. Weather at the time was reported as 19003KT 10SM clear. I made plenty of radio transmissions and was in contact with two helicopters also in the pattern. Keeping a good eye in the sky I started down on final approach and didn't see any other aircraft in the pattern or in the local area. As I was rolling out and slowing down from my landing I noticed an aircraft at the other end of the runway taxiing towards me in the opposite direction. I made another urgent radio transmission and hugged the right side of the runway until I could exit at the next taxiway. As I was exiting; the aircraft taxied past me on the runway. The gentleman taxied in to where I had parked and got out of his aircraft and started yelling at me for doing a straight in approach. When I asked why the man hadn't replied to my radio calls; he stated that he did not have a radio and was very hotheaded about the whole issue. I also said the winds were favoring runway 16 and he started yelling more about runway 34 being the calm wind runway. There is no published material anywhere that states this claim and I told him that. At this point; another gentlemen approached us and argued with the man in my defense saying he was a danger to other aircraft and rotorcraft flying around without a radio. A military helicopter pilot who saw the whole thing is willing to be witness on my behalf. In hindsight I should have approached the airport from above or entered on a 45 for the downwind; but I still believe the incident arose from this man refusing to use radios and not keeping a good enough lookout for other traffic. After all; he knows he is out there but no one else does. Being a busy airport and with all the terrain blocking some areas from view I believe this man is dangerous.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A pilot entered the RBG landing pattern straight in to Runway 16 after making numerous unacknowledged CTAF radio announcements. After landing the reporter saw an experimental aircraft with no installed radio rolling out opposite direction.
Narrative: I was on an IFR flight plan to RBG. It was a clear day with unlimited visibility and after making multiple radio calls to determine the traffic at the airport; I decided to make a straight-in landing on Runway 16. Weather at the time was reported as 19003KT 10SM CLEAR. I made plenty of radio transmissions and was in contact with two helicopters also in the pattern. Keeping a good eye in the sky I started down on final approach and didn't see any other aircraft in the pattern or in the local area. As I was rolling out and slowing down from my landing I noticed an aircraft at the other end of the runway taxiing towards me in the opposite direction. I made another urgent radio transmission and hugged the right side of the runway until I could exit at the next taxiway. As I was exiting; the aircraft taxied past me on the runway. The gentleman taxied in to where I had parked and got out of his aircraft and started yelling at me for doing a straight in approach. When I asked why the man hadn't replied to my radio calls; he stated that he did not have a radio and was very hotheaded about the whole issue. I also said the winds were favoring Runway 16 and he started yelling more about Runway 34 being the calm wind runway. There is no published material anywhere that states this claim and I told him that. At this point; another gentlemen approached us and argued with the man in my defense saying he was a danger to other aircraft and rotorcraft flying around without a radio. A military helicopter pilot who saw the whole thing is willing to be witness on my behalf. In hindsight I should have approached the airport from above or entered on a 45 for the downwind; but I still believe the incident arose from this man refusing to use radios and not keeping a good enough lookout for other traffic. After all; he knows he is out there but no one else does. Being a busy airport and with all the terrain blocking some areas from view I believe this man is dangerous.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.