WRONG TFC PATTERN ENTRY AT UNCLTED ARPT.

Date: 1992-12 · Aircraft: Small Aircraft

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-other-unknown

Synopsis

WRONG TFC PATTERN ENTRY AT UNCLTED ARPT.

Narrative

WHILE ESTABLISHED ON THE DOWNWIND; I SAW ANOTHER ACFT COMING ACROSS MIDFIELD TO ENTER THE DOWNWIND; CONTRARY TO AIM TFC PATTERN ENTRY PROCS. GRANTED I SAW HIM THE WHOLE TIME; BUT I STAYED PUT ON THE DOWNWIND TO SEE WHAT HE'D DO. HE SAW US; AND TURNED TO PARALLEL US ON THE DOWNWIND; JUST INSIDE US AND HIGH. WELL; NOW I CAN'T SEE HIM SINCE WE'RE A HIGH WING. JUST AS I WAS TURNING BASE (CAUTIOUSLY; ANNOUNCING MY INTENTIONS) HE SAYS 'SMA ON BASE; WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?' AH; AND I HAD A GOOD COME BACK: 'THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING ABOUT YOU -- APPARENTLY YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO ENTER A DOWNWIND.' HE KEPT BITCHIN'... ANYWAY; WE DID OUR TOUCH-N-GO AT HQZ ARPT; AND AS WE TURNED DOWNWIND AGAIN I SEE ANOTHER AIRPLANE CONVERGING PERPENDICULAR TO ME ON THE MIDFIELD! HE CALLED 'OVER THE TOP' AND SAID HE WAS ENTERING THE DOWNWIND. THIS GUY WAS A TAD SMARTER; HOWEVER; AND AFTER SEEING ME BROKE OFF AND DID A TEARDROP TO DROP IN BEHIND ME. THESE MIDFIELD 'OVER THE TOP' DOWNWIND ENTRIES ARE DANGEROUS! I'M SURPRISED MORE ACCIDENTS HAVEN'T HAPPENED AS A RESULT. PEOPLE SHOULD BE TAUGHT TO ENTER AT A 45 DEG DOWNWIND; PERIOD.

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