SMA IN CONTACT WITH MIL TWR AND TRACON HAS NMAC WITH MTR'S.

Date: 1994-09 · Aircraft: Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer

Anomalies: conflict-nmac

Synopsis

SMA IN CONTACT WITH MIL TWR AND TRACON HAS NMAC WITH MTR'S.

Narrative

I DEPARTED KARDY AIRFIELD; WHICH IS INSIDE OF RANDOLPH AFB CLASS D AIRSPACE; UNDER CTL OF RANDOLPH TWR. I TOOK OFF OF RWY 15 AND RANDOLPH WAS USING RWY 14. MY INSTRUCTIONS FROM RANDOLPH TWR WERE TO FLY RWY HDG. MY DEST WAS STINSON FIELD S OF SAN ANTONIO WHICH WOULD TAKE ME ACROSS THE DEP CORRIDOR OF RANDOLPH. RANDOLPH TWR THEN INSTRUCTED ME TO HOLD A 150 DEG HDG (RWY HDG) FOR THE NEXT 5 MI AND CONTACT SAN ANTONIO APCH ON 128.XX. WHEN I CHKED IN WITH APCH CTL I TOLD THEM OF MY RESTR OF HOLDING 150 DEGS FOR THE NEXT 5 MI. THEY ACKNOWLEDGED AND ABOUT A MIN LATER; THEY TOLD ME TO TURN R TO 200 DEGS. I ASSUMED THAT THEY HAD COORDINATED THAT OVER THE LAND-LINE WITH RANDOLPH. ABOUT 15 SECONDS LATER; I LOOKED AND SAW A SECOND T-38 COMING RIGHT AT ME. (THE 1ST T-38 WENT ABOVE AND IN FRONT OF ME). AFTER I SAW THE 2ND ONE; I STARTED A DSCNT BECAUSE I COULD SEE HE WOULD BE GOING ABOVE ME. THE 2ND T-38 WENT ABOUT 300 FT ABOVE ME. APCH CTL CALLED OUT THE SECOND T-38 JUST BEFORE HE WENT ABOVE ME. ONCE ON THE GND; I CALLED RANDOLPH TWR TO DISCUSS THE SIT. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY EXPECTED ME ON A 150 DEG HDG SO THEY DID NOT CALL ME AS TFC TO THE 1ST T-38. THEY DID; HOWEVER; CALL ME OUT TO THE 2ND T-38. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE SECOND T-38 DID HAVE ME IN SIGHT; BUT HE MADE NO EFFORT TO ALTER HIS FLT PATH WHEN I SAW HIM. RANDOLPH TWR ALSO SAID THAT I WAS TURNING 200 DEGS BEFORE SAN ANTONIO APCH CALLED THEM ON THE LAND-LINE TO TELL THEM THAT I WAS TURNING. I CALLED SAN ANTONIO APCH AND ASKED THEM TO LOOK INTO THE SIT; AS WELL. I CAN THINK OF 2 REASONS WHY THIS NEAR MISS HAPPENED. 1) SAN ANTONIO DEP TURNED ME THROUGH RANDOLPH'S CLASS D AIRSPACE WITHOUT COORDINATING WITH RANDOLPH TWR FIRST. 2) I COULD HAVE BEEN AT THE EDGE OF THE CLASS D AIRSPACE (I HAD NO DME) AND THE 200 DEG HDG WOULD HAVE JUST KEPT ME OUT. IF THIS WERE THE CASE; IT WAS A SIMPLE CASE OF 'SEE AND AVOID' IN VMC CONDITIONS BTWN MYSELF AND THE T-38'S. THE 2ND T-38 WAS COMING DIRECTLY AT ME FROM MY 3 O'CLOCK POS. I COULD DO NOTHING BUT CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD AND DSND TO AVOID THE MID- AIR. THE 2ND T-38 ON THE OTHER HAND; COULD HAVE ALTERED HIS COURSE OR CLBED STEEPER IN ORDER TO ENSURE A MORE ACCEPTABLE MISS DISTANCE (I AM A MIL PLT AND I KNOW THE CAPABILITIES OF THE T-38).

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