TFC CONFLICT IN UNCTLED ARPT TFC PATTERN.

Date: 1992-01 · Aircraft: Small Transport

Anomalies: conflict-airborne-conflict

Synopsis

TFC CONFLICT IN UNCTLED ARPT TFC PATTERN.

Narrative

ON JAN/XX/92 AT APPROX XA HRS AT HUDSON ARPT; MESQUITE; TX; AN INADVERTENT SITUATION OCCURRED WHILE MAKING A TOUCH AND GO TKOF ON RWY 35. SEE DIAGRAM ON ATTACHED SHEET FOR ACFT LOCATION AND ASSIGNED #1-4. I WAS FLYING A TWIN ENG #4 AND AFTER MAKING A TOUCH AND GO LNDG BEHIND PLANE #3; WHO APPEARED TO BE DEPARTING STRAIGHT OUT FROM THE ARPT. I PUT THE LNDG GEAR UP AND ACCELERATED TO BEST RATE OF CLB SPD OF 120 MPH. AFTER XING THE N END OF THE RWY AND OBSERVING PLANE #3 WHO WAS STILL FLYING N 1 1/2 MI FROM END OF RWY; I PROCEEDED TO MAKE A CLBING L TURN TO REMAIN IN THE PATTERN FOR A FINAL LNDG. AFTER STARTING MY L TURN; I OBSERVED PLANE #3 WAS JUST STARTING A L TURN ALSO. WHILE CLBING ON L XWIND UP TO PATTERN ALT; I SAW ANOTHER SINGLE PLANE #2 APCHING THE ARPT FROM THE NW TO ENTER THE L DOWNWIND LEG OF THE TFC PATTERN AT APPROX 800 FT AGL. EVEN THOUGH I WAS IN THE PATTERN AT A LOWER ALT AND BY FAA RULES I HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY OVER THE INCOMING PLANE #2; I MADE THE DECISION TO GIVE WAY TO PLANE #2 FOR SAFETY REASONS. KNOWING THAT PLANE #1 WAS ON MY L; PLANE #2 WAS IN FRONT OF ME; PLANE #3 HAD STARTED A L TURN ON LAST OBSERVATION AND MAY BE TO MY R; I MADE THE DECISION TO HOLD MY PRESENT ALT OF 450 FT TO 500 FT AGL AND FLY UNDER PLANE #2. MY CONCERN WAS THAT PLANE #2 HAD NOT SEEN MY PLANE #4 AT THE LOWER ALT; BECAUSE I WAS BELOW THE HORIZON. PLANE #3 MAY BE OFF AND BEHIND MY R WING AND A TURN TO MY R; MAY PUT ME ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH PLANE #3; PLANE #1 WAS MUCH SLOWER AND OFF MY L WING; A TURN TO THE L WOULD PUT ME ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH PLANE #1 BECAUSE I AM FLYING A FASTER PLANE #4. IF I MADE A 180 DEG TURN TO MY L; IT WOULD PUT ME ON A COLLISION WITH ANY OTHER ACFT TAKING OFF ON RWY 36. I MADE THE DECISION TO HOLD MY ALT AND FLY UNDER PLANE #2 IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY; BECAUSE ALL 3 OTHER ACFT; #1; #2; #3 SHOULD BE AT PATTERN ALT OF 800 FT AGL AND AT ALL TIMES BE ABOVE ME. AFTER FLYING UNDER PLANE #2 I MADE A R HAND CLBING TURN AND ENTERED THE TFC PATTERN ON L DOWNWIND LEG. AFTER I LANDED AND PARKED MY PLANE #4; ONE OF THE ARPT LINEMEN TOLD ME THAT SOME HOME OWNER HAD CALLED THE ARPT AND MADE A COMPLAINT THAT A PLANE HAD BUZZED HIS HOUSE. HUDSON ARPT IS AN UNCTLED ARPT AND I WAS MONITORING THE UNICOM FREQ OF 123.03 AT ALL TIMES.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.