NMAC BTWN AN SMA SINGLE ENG LAND AND AN ULTRALIGHT ACFT IN THE ARPT TFC PATTERN.
Synopsis
NMAC BTWN AN SMA SINGLE ENG LAND AND AN ULTRALIGHT ACFT IN THE ARPT TFC PATTERN.
Narrative
I CONDUCTED A VFR FLT FROM BFI TO ARLINGTON ARPT. LOW CLOUD MARINE FOG; VARIABLE 1200-1500 AGL; VISIBILITIES 7 MI; BREAKS IN OVCST. NOTAMS FOR ARLINGTON CITE TXWY AND RAMP CONSTRUCTION; SHARP BUMPS IN PAVEMENT; ETC. I UTILIZED LATEST ALTIMETER SETTING AS RPTED BY PAINE TWR (EVERETT; WA) APPROX 12 MI S OF ARLINGTON (I BELIEVE IT WAS 30.07). AT ANY RATE; UNICOM 122.7 ADVISED TFC LNDG TO S RWY 16. I RPTED 45 TO DOWNWIND. SAW NO TFC; HEARD AN ACFT RPTING TKOF STAYING IN THE PATTERN. I RPTED DOWNWIND ESTABLISHED AT 900 FT AGL FOR CLOUD CLRNC. SAW NO TFC. PROCEEDED BASE LEG. RPTED TO UNICOM FINAL; LNDG RWY 16 RPTED; SAW NO TFC. LANDED AND TAXIED TO RAMP. AT THIS TIME; A CAR PULLED UP AND A GENTLEMAN WALKS UP AND ASKED WERE YOU FLYING THIS PLANE WHICH I REPLIED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. HE ASKED; 'DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID WRONG?' I REPLIED I WAS NOT AWARE OF DOING ANYTHING WRONG; WHAT'S UP? IT SEEMS THAT AN ULTRALIGHT ACFT CONVENTION WAS BEING HELD AT THE W SIDE OF THE FIELD WHERE ULTRALIGHTS ARE HANGARED AND THIS FELLOW CLAIMS A NEAR MISS OCCURRED DURING MY DOWNWIND LEG. THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON A DOWNWIND LEG FARTHER W OF THE FIELD (R-HAND TURNS LNDG S) APPROX 2 MI!
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