UNCTLED ARPT TFC PATTERN INCIDENT RESULTING IN LTSS WITH OTHER ARRIVING ACFT.
Synopsis
UNCTLED ARPT TFC PATTERN INCIDENT RESULTING IN LTSS WITH OTHER ARRIVING ACFT.
Narrative
I WAS PRACTICING TKOF AND LNDG WITH A STUDENT AND DOING REPEATED TOUCH-AND-GOES AT 2N9. MY HOME ARPT IS 2600 FT BY 30 FT WITH SEVERAL DISTRS; SO I TAKE MY STUDENTS HERE TO LEARN TKOF AND LNDGS AND I SOLO THEM OUT OF HERE. IT IS A NEIGHBORING ARPT (ONLY 2 MI TO THE SW) AND IS VERY CONVENIENT. IT IS UNCTLED AND COUNTY OWNED. ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY WE TURNED R BASE ONLY TO FIND AN AIRPLANE IN OUR WINDSCREEN ON FINAL. I HAD NOT OBSERVED HIM IN THE PATTERN PREVIOUSLY; NOR HEARD ANY LEGS CALLED IN THE PATTERN. IT WAS NOT REALLY AN EVASIVE MOVE; BUT MERELY A 360 DEG TURN ON R BASE TO ALLOW TIME FOR SEPARATION; WITH NO DANGER TO ANY OTHER TFC. THERE SEEMED TO BE NO PROB; BUT A LCL CFI; APPARENTLY A FEW CFI'S; CALLED MY HOME BASE TO GET MY FULL NAME AND CALL SIGN. MY DISPATCHER GAVE IT TO HIM AND WHEN I RETURNED SHE TOLD ME ABOUT THE CALL; SO I CALLED THEM BACK. HE AND THE OTHERS INDICATED THAT THE MANEUVER WAS RECKLESS AND NOT PROPER. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ON ARPT TFC PATTERNS. I HAVE HAD OTHER LITTLE OCCURRENCES WITH CFI'S AT THIS ARPT; BUT NOTHING MORE THAN DIFFERENT 'FLYING PERSONALITIES.' HE THINKS I'M UNSAFE; BUT I ALSO THINK THAT ABOUT THEIR TECHNIQUES. THE DIFFERENCE IS: I TEACH AND FLY 'TIGHT PATTERNS' AND THEY SEEM TO THINK IT IS EASIER TO LEARN TO LAND LONG; DRAWN-OUT PATTERNS. THEIR IDEA OF DANGEROUS OR RECKLESS OP IS OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT FROM MINE. THEY ALL CONTINUALLY ALLOW THEIR STUDENTS TO FLY VERY LONG; DRAWN-OUT PATTERNS; AND I WOULD SAY A MAJORITY OF THE TIME THEY ARE NOT WITHIN SAFE ENG-OUT DISTANCE OF THE ARPT; THEREFORE IT CAUSES PROBS WITH ANYONE WHO IS FLYING CLOSE; SAFE PATTERNS!
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.