POTENTIAL CONFLICT LTSS EVOLVES INTO NMAC ON DEP PROC FROM ARPT WITH MULTIPLE RWY OP PARALLEL RWYS.
Synopsis
POTENTIAL CONFLICT LTSS EVOLVES INTO NMAC ON DEP PROC FROM ARPT WITH MULTIPLE RWY OP PARALLEL RWYS.
Narrative
ALL 3 PARALLEL RWYS WERE IN USE (21L; 21C; 21R). I WAS CLRED TO TKOF 21L; FLY RWY HDG (IFR TO GRR) AND TWR ADVISED THEY WOULD CALL MY TURN AFTER DEP. AFTER I ACKNOWLEDGED AND STARTED THE TKOF ROLL; I HEARD TWR CLR AN ACR AIRLINES MLG TO DEPART ON RWY 21C 'FLY HDG 200.' AFTER LIFTOFF; MAYBE 50 FT IN THE AIR; TWR CALLED THE MLG OUT TO ME AS TFC. I ADVISED I HAD THE MLG IN SIGHT AND TWR REITERATED THE MLG WAS FLYING A 200 HDG; TO MAINTAIN A VISUAL AND TURN R TO A 260 DEG HDG. AT THIS TIME THE MLG WAS PULLING INTO A 3 O'CLOCK POS OFF MY R WING. MY AIRSPD IN THE CLB (140 INDICATED) WAS SUCH THAT THE RELATIVE POS OF MY ACFT AND THE MLG WAS NOT CHANGING. WITH A STRONG WESTERLY WIND I NOTED THAT THE COMBINATION OF THE 200 DEG HDG OF THE MLG AND THE WIND WAS CAUSING THE LATERAL SEPARATION BTWN OUR ACFT TO DECREASE. AT THAT POINT I WOULD ESTIMATE 500 FT LATERAL SEPARATION; AND DECREASING. NOT ABLE TO MAKE A R TURN TO 260 DEG; I DECIDED TO INCREASE CLB ANGLE TO SLOW AND FALL BEHIND THE MLG; THEN TURNED TO 260 DEG AND CONTINUED ON AS DIRECTED. IN HINDSIGHT I FEEL THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED AND LITTLE INCONVENIENCE CAUSED IF THE CTLR HAD DEPARTED THE MLG FIRST; THUS I COULD HAVE MADE THE APPROPRIATE TURN WITHOUT PROBLEM. THIS SITUATION WAS SUCH THAT I DON'T FEEL THERE WAS ANY REAL SAFETY PROBLEM; HOWEVER; I AM SURPRISED THAT THE CAPT OF THE MLG INITIATED HIS TKOF; OR THAT HE MADE THE TURN TO 200 DEG KNOWING OF THE IMPENDING TFC CONFLICT. I MYSELF WAS SURPRISED THAT THE TKOF CLRNC WAS GIVEN TO THE MLG AS I STARTED DOWN THE RWY!
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.