A helicopter pilot on short final to N81 reported that a small high performance biplane nearly colli...

Attributes
ACN	919405
Time
Date	201011
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	N81.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Experimental
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 2500 Flight Crew Type 500
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 50 Vertical 50

Narrative:

Returning from flight I set up the RNAV runway 3 approach for N81 to do a VFR practice approach. I started the approach 5 miles west of the final approach fix (cikso) where I announced my position on hammonton unicom 122.7. Reaching cikso I made another position report on the unicom that I was at cikso and now on final for runway 3 on the RNAV runway 3 approach at hammonton. An airplane then called left downwind for runway 3. Coming closer to the airport the airplane on downwind called turning base and was in sight by all crew members. I then announced on unicom that I was on short final. A few moments later the person in the copilot's seat [called] out 'break right; break right!' I performed an evasive turn to the right to side step away from the runway where the airplane blew by us and landed on the runway. After trying to make contact via unicom with the airplane [I got] no response. I myself did not see how close the airplane came to us; due to it being in a blind spot for me; but the person in the copilot's seat said that if we did not turn he believed the airplane on its current track would have collided with us.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A helicopter pilot on short final to N81 reported that a small high performance biplane nearly collided with his aircraft while the helicopter was on short final and had made UNICOM position reports ahead of the other aircraft.

Narrative: Returning from flight I set up the RNAV Runway 3 approach for N81 to do a VFR practice approach. I started the approach 5 miles west of the Final Approach Fix (CIKSO) where I announced my position on Hammonton UNICOM 122.7. Reaching CIKSO I made another position report on the UNICOM that I was at CIKSO and now on final for Runway 3 on the RNAV RUNWAY 3 approach at Hammonton. An airplane then called left downwind for Runway 3. Coming closer to the airport the airplane on downwind called turning base and was in sight by all crew members. I then announced on UNICOM that I was on short final. A few moments later the person in the copilot's seat [called] out 'Break Right; Break Right!' I performed an evasive turn to the right to side step away from the runway where the airplane blew by us and landed on the runway. After trying to make contact via UNICOM with the airplane [I got] no response. I myself did not see how close the airplane came to us; due to it being in a blind spot for me; but the person in the copilot's seat said that if we did not turn he believed the airplane on its current track would have collided with us.

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.

A helicopter pilot on short final to N81 reported that a small high performance biplane nearly collided with his aircraft while the helicopter was on short final and had made unicom position reports ahead of the other aircraft.