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Attributes | |
ACN | 891003 |
Time | |
Date | 201005 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | WST.Airport |
State Reference | RI |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Final Approach |
Route In Use | Visual Approach |
Flight Plan | None |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear |
Flight Phase | Final Approach |
Person 1 | |
Function | Pilot Flying |
Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 11 Flight Crew Total 161 Flight Crew Type 14 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR |
Miss Distance | Vertical 20 |
Narrative:
Flight to kwst in single engine aircraft. Two people on board; both are private pilots. Sky clear; 20+ miles visibility. About 8 miles south of the airport; we monitored the traffic at wst. Heard a light twin entering a left downwind runway 25. Another plane was just beginning to roll on runway 25 for closed left traffic. We entered 45 degree left downwind behind the twin. All three planes were calling out their positions and all knew their position to land on runway 25: light twin #1 on final; us #2 on downwind turning base; aircraft #3 on left downwind following us. The light twin touched down and turned off the runway; we were on 1 mile final. When we were about 100 yards from the touchdown point; someone called out over the CTAF frequency (123.0) that there were two planes over the fence. We looked for any other traffic; but I was already beginning to flare and committed to landing; so I continued to land. Just before touchdown another plane appeared about 15-20 ft overhead at a higher speed and landed approximately 200 ft beyond our position. They had to have been behind and above our position on final approach. I taxied to parking while the unidentified aircraft parked further west down the field. The on-duty manager came out with his radio and asked what had happened. Chatter on the radio suggested that the pilots of other aircraft had been talking with pvd approach; and the pilots thought they were landing at a nearby CTAF airport. We walked to the west end of the field and found the pilot and co-pilot of that aircraft. Neither had any idea that they nearly collided with another airplane on short final and had landed over us. He claimed that he was broadcasting his position on 118.1 and they had overflown the airport and did not see any traffic (there were 3 planes). Neither exhibited any concern for the events that had just transpired.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Pilot landing at WST reported another aircraft flew over his aircraft at 20 FT in the landing flare without making any CTAF traffic calls. The unidentified pilot thought that he was landing at a nearby CTAF airport and had been talking with PVD Tracon.
Narrative: Flight to KWST in single engine aircraft. Two people on board; both are private pilots. Sky clear; 20+ miles visibility. About 8 miles south of the airport; we monitored the traffic at WST. Heard a light twin entering a left downwind Runway 25. Another plane was just beginning to roll on Runway 25 for closed left traffic. We entered 45 degree left downwind behind the twin. All three planes were calling out their positions and all knew their position to land on Runway 25: Light Twin #1 on final; us #2 on downwind turning base; aircraft #3 on left downwind following us. The light twin touched down and turned off the runway; we were on 1 mile final. When we were about 100 yards from the touchdown point; someone called out over the CTAF frequency (123.0) that there were two planes over the fence. We looked for any other traffic; but I was already beginning to flare and committed to landing; so I continued to land. Just before touchdown another plane appeared about 15-20 FT overhead at a higher speed and landed approximately 200 FT beyond our position. They had to have been behind and above our position on final approach. I taxied to parking while the unidentified aircraft parked further west down the field. The on-duty manager came out with his radio and asked what had happened. Chatter on the radio suggested that the pilots of other aircraft had been talking with PVD approach; and the pilots thought they were landing at a nearby CTAF airport. We walked to the west end of the field and found the pilot and co-pilot of that aircraft. Neither had any idea that they nearly collided with another airplane on short final and had landed over us. He claimed that he was broadcasting his position on 118.1 and they had overflown the airport and did not see any traffic (there were 3 planes). Neither exhibited any concern for the events that had just transpired.
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.