NMAC BTWN AN SMT ATX AND A MIL FGT NEAR THE RWY ON AN UNCTLED ARPT.

Date: 1993-12 · Aircraft: Small Transport; Low Wing; 2 Recip Eng

Anomalies: conflict-nmac|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-other-unknown|other-unspecified

Synopsis

NMAC BTWN AN SMT ATX AND A MIL FGT NEAR THE RWY ON AN UNCTLED ARPT.

Narrative

AS I WAS TAXIING FOR DEP; 2 FGT CALLED 10 MI FINAL FOR OPPOSITE DIRECTION ARR. THE FIRST ACFT LANDED AND ENGAGED THE BARRIER; THUS BECOMING ENTANGLED IN THE CABLE. THE SECOND FGT CALLED A 6 MI FINAL. I CALLED TAXIING OUT BEHIND THE ENTANGLED FGT AND WOULD BE DEPARTING OPPOSITE THE ARRIVING JET AND WOULD MAKE A TURN SIDE-STEPPING TO THE N. ON DEP THE PERCEIVED TIME BTWN JETS WAS DRAMATICALLY SHORTENED. AFTER ROLLING OUT OF THE CLRING TURN THE INBOUND JET WAS RETRACTING GEAR AND EXECUTING A GAR. AS THE JET ON THE RWY WAS STILL CAUGHT IN THE CABLE; THE SECOND JET COULD NOT HAVE LANDED. HOWEVER IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER MY HASTY DEP CAUSED THE MISSED APCH OR THE JET WAS EXECUTING STANDARD PROC FOR THEIR OP. SECONDLY; THE STATUS OF MIL AND CIVILIAN OPS AT A CLOSED MIL BASE LEADS TO CONFUSION OF PRIORITY AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MIL PROCS VERSUS CIVILIAN (I.E.; WAS IT PROPER TO TAKE THE RWY WHILE A MIL FIGHTER WAS BEING DISENGAGED FROM THE BARRIER BY THE GND CREW; WAS IT PROPER TO DEPART OPPOSITE AN ARRIVING JET (WHAT ARE THEIR SEPARATION/ARR REQUIREMENTS). NOTE: AT NO TIME WAS THERE A NEAR MISS SIT. ACFT SEPARATION WAS ADEQUATE.

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