CROP DUSTER FLEW WRONG PATTERN AND CUT OFF AN ACFT ON FINAL APCH CAUSING NMAC.
Synopsis
CROP DUSTER FLEW WRONG PATTERN AND CUT OFF AN ACFT ON FINAL APCH CAUSING NMAC.
Narrative
LNDG RBL; CA; FLT OF 2. ENTERED R BASE TO RWY 15 AS OTHER TFC WAS APCHING FROM FAR SIDE OF FIELD RPTING 5 MI S. MY FLT WAS 4 MI N. I CALLED FINAL AND SHORT FINAL FLT OF 2. I LANDED AND CLRED AND LOOKED BEHIND TO SEE A YELLOW CROP DUSTER TYPE TOUCHING DOWN BEHIND ME AND AHEAD OF MY SECOND IN FLT. #2 IN FLT HAD TO MAKE A GAR. A CROP DUSTER PLT CAME VERY CLOSE TO MY PARTNER AND CAME AROUND IN A SHARP S-TURN TO LAND BEHIND ME. I TALKED TO THIS PLT AND HE WAS VERY INDIGNANT TO ME. WE STAYED AND ATE LUNCH WHILE THE CROP DUSTER FLEW ONTO ANOTHER TOWN. BOTH I AND THE CROP DUSTER HAD 2-WAY COMS WITH RED BLUFF RADIO. I FEEL THAT THIS PLT WAS AWARE OF OUR PRESENCE AND INTENTIONALLY FLEW AROUND MY PARTNER. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 267916: I WAS BELOW HIM BY 10 FT AND BEHIND HIM BY ABOUT 10 FT. I ASKED HIM IF HE SAW ME DOWN UNDER HIM. NO RESPONSE. AFTER A FEW SECONDS; HE LEFT AND FLEW WAY WIDE. I THOUGHT HE WAS LEAVING. HOWEVER; HE CAME BACK AT ME FROM THE OTHER SIDE -- KIND OF AN S-TURN AND THEN LANDED. I DID A GAR. DURING MY GAR I ASKED THE RED BLUFF FSS FOR A RADIO CHK. IT WAS LOUD AND CLR.
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