NMAC BTWN MDT ON TKOF CLB AND SMT ON GAR.
Synopsis
NMAC BTWN MDT ON TKOF CLB AND SMT ON GAR.
Narrative
MLT SHOOTING TOUCH AND GO ON RWY 14. I TIMED 2 MIN ON HIS TKOF AND CALLED TWR FOR TKOF. CLRED FOR IMMEDIATE TKOF. RELEASED BRAKES; TAXIED ON TO THE RWY AFTER CHKING FOR TFC; COMPLETED THE BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST AND TOOK OFF. AT ACCELERATION ALT; NOSE WAS LOWERED; TCASII ANNOUNCED 'TFC' AND AN SMT Y PASSED DIRECTLY OVERHEAD AT HIGH SPD; BANKED R AND CLBED. I COMPLAINED TO THE TWR AND WAS ADVISED THAT THEY HAD US BOTH IN SIGHT. SMT Y FLT HAD BEEN ISSUED A GAR DUE TO THE FACT THAT TWR FELT THAT WE DIDN'T ROLL FAST ENOUGH. SINCE WE WERE ABOVE 500 FT BY THE TIME SMT Y REACHED OUR POS; (CLEANED UP AND FAST); I FEEL THAT HIS SPACING ON LNDG MUST HAVE BEEN MORE THAN ADEQUATE. I ALSO FEEL THAT THE SMT Y PLT WAS EXPRESSING HIS IRRITATION AT BEING 'SENT AROUND' BY HIS CLOSE PROX PASS. I AM SORRY ABOUT HIS INCONVENIENCE; BUT I DO NOT FEEL THAT RECKLESS OP WAS JUSTIFIED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 186513. WE WERE CLRED FOR IMMEDIATE TKOF. TFC ON FINAL WAS IN SIGHT. WE PULLED OUT ONTO THE RWY AND AS WE DID SO; BEFORE WE WERE EVEN POINTED DOWN THE RWY; THE OTHER ACFT ANNOUNCED; WE'RE READY FOR A GAR.' ALMOST IMMEDIATELY; THE CTLR SAID; 'GAR'. I FLEW THE TKOF AND LOWERED THE NOSE AS WE PASSED THROUGH ACCELERATION HEIGHT (500 FT AGL). VERY SHORTLY THEREAFTER; I HEARD THE CAPT UTTER AN EXPLETIVE. I LOOKED UP AND SAW AN SMT Y WHICH HAD PASSED DIRECTLY ABOVE US AND CERTAINLY WITHIN 500 FT OF US. IN MY OPINION; IF WE HAD NOT RECENTLY REDUCED OUR PITCH ATTITUDE; THE PROBABILITY OF A MIDAIR COLLISION WOULD HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY GREAT. IN A BRIEF DISCUSSION WITH THE CTLR; HE EXHIBITED LITTLE CONCERN; CITING THAT HE HAD BOTH OF US IN SIGHT AT ALL TIMES. I WONDERED WHY THE OTHER ACFT WENT AROUND SO EARLY. PERHAPS THE CTLR WAS CONFUSED AND BELIEVED THAT THE OTHER ACFT REQUESTED A FAR. THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT THE OTHER ACFT HAD AMPLE ROOM TO SAFELY LAND BEHIND US. THIS IS AFFIRMED BY THE FACT THAT HE BEGAN HIS GAR (IE BEGAN ACCELERATING) BEFORE WE WERE ALIGNED WITH THE RWY AND HE DID NOT OVERTAKE US UNTIL AFTER WE COMPLETED OUR SECOND SEGMENT CLB. THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT THE SMT Y EXECUTED AN IMPROPER GAR PROC. I EXPECTED HIM TO OFFSET AND FLY PARALLEL TO THE RWY AND AVOID FLYING DIRECTLY OVER US. HE DID NOT DO THAT. I EXPECTED THAT; AS A TURBINE ACFT; HE WOULD HAVE CLBED TO 1500 FT AGL. HE DID NOT DO THAT. IF HE EXECUTED THE PUBLISHED MISSED APCH PROC; HE WOULD INITIALLY HAVE CLBED TO 2000 FT. HE DIDN'T DO THAT EITHER.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.