1991-12 · NASA ASRS report 195693
but normally. Once airborne I noticed that the departing aircraft was starting a RIGHT turn directly in front of us into the departure corridor of our runway. I adjusted my climb profile to ensure that I had at least 1000 feet clearance above the traffic that turned in front of us
VFR SMA X REQUESTED TCA CLRNC AT 5500. WAS ISSUED CLRNC AND RPTED LEVEL AT 5500. IFR SMT Y WAS LEVEL AT 60. VFR SMA X CLBED WITHOUT ADVISING ATC; APPARENTLY TO MAINTAIN CLR OF CLOUDS. CLB WAS MADE IN SUCH CLOSE PROX TO RADAR ANTENNA THAT MODE C WAS LOST ON RADAR. IFR SMT X RPTED NEAR MIDAIR WITH VFR THAT WAS AT HIS ALT. TFC HAD BEEN ISSUED TO BOTH ACFT SEVERAL MINS PRIOR TO INCIDENT. IFR SMT Y RPTED SIGHTING SMA X JUST SECONDS BEFORE OVERTAKING HIM. THE SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THE VFR PLT HAD ADVISED HE WAS GOING TO NEED A CLB TO MAINTAIN VFR. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 196019: TFC WAS ISSUED AND ACKNOWLEDGED. OVER THE ATL VOR THE ACFT MERGED. SMT Y REQUESTED A VERIFICATION OF SMA X ALT. SMA X REPLIED HE WAS AT 6000 TO REMAIN VFR. SMT Y SAID HE WAS AT 6100 AND HAD ONLY 1 SECOND TO AVOID THE SMA X. IT APPEARS SMA X WAS PREDISPOSED TO COMPLY WITH FARS FOR VFR FLT; BUT HE SEEMED TO DISREGARD THE FARS FOR OPERATING VFR WHILE IN THE TCA.; We conducted a normal flight into this airport in order to pick up our owner on a fairly routine flight. On taxi out to depart runway XX
and did so normally. We reported on CTAF that we were departing runway XX
we had another small single engine aircraft that was departing on a crossing runway (YR). That traffic reported departing YR
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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