PLT OF CPR SMT ACFT HAD AN NMAC WITH ANOTHER ACFT APCHING HEAD-ON TO THE OPPOSITE END OF THE RWY DURING CLBOUT.
Synopsis
PLT OF CPR SMT ACFT HAD AN NMAC WITH ANOTHER ACFT APCHING HEAD-ON TO THE OPPOSITE END OF THE RWY DURING CLBOUT.
Narrative
DEPARTED RWY 9 RELEASED FROM S BEND -- WIND 090 AT 12 KTS; LIGHT RAIN; VFR! ACFT WAS SHOOTING VOR 27 AT BEH AND SAID SHE GAVE AN ADVISORY 1/2 MI OUT. ACTIVE RWY WAS 9. AFTER LIFTOFF IN CLB BOTH ACFT ON CONVERGING HEAD ON COURSE TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID COLLISION. S BEND DID NOT HAVE TFC ON SCREEN. ACFT WAS AT MDA BELOW RADAR COVERAGE; BUT WAS NOT USING S BEND APCH FOR RADAR ADVISORIES. HAD SHE BEEN TALKING WITH APCH; I WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN GIVEN A RELEASE WITHOUT AN ADVISORY. SIMPLE USE OF ADVISORY SVC WHILE PRACTICING APCHS WOULD HAVE KEPT THIS FROM HAPPENING. PLEASE CALL IF MORE INFO IS NECESSARY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE OTHER ACFT DID NOT USE SAFE GOOD PROCS IN MAKING AN APCH TO THE NON CTLED ARPT ON A TIME THAT THE WX WIND FAVORED THE OPPOSITE END OF THE RWY TO WHICH THE APCH WAS BEING CONDUCTED WITHOUT RECEIVING TA'S FROM APCH CTL. THE OTHER PLT MAY HAVE ANNOUNCED HER INTENTIONS ON THE ARPT UNICOM FREQS; HOWEVER; IT WAS NOT HEARD BY THE RPTR EVEN THOUGH HE MONITORED THE ARPT UNICOM TAXIING OUT FOR TKOF. HE FURTHER STATED THAT BOTH ACFT TOOK EVASIVE ACTION BY MAKING A TURN TO THEIR R.
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