OPPOSITE DIRECTION TFC - PLT TKOF INTO APCH TFC.
Synopsis
OPPOSITE DIRECTION TFC - PLT TKOF INTO APCH TFC.
Narrative
THE FLT IN QUESTION WAS AN ALL CARGO DEP WITH MULTIPLE STOPS AND SCHEDULED PAX PICK UPS IN 2 VILLAGES. AS A RESULT OF TIME PRESSURE TO MEET THE PAX PICK UP SCHEDULE; I WAS ATTEMPTING TO EXPEDITE MY GND OPS AND DEP. WHILE TAXIING; I RECEIVED THE ARPT ADVISORY FROM NOME RADIO. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE AND ALL RWYS WERE IN USE. AT THE TIME; 2 ACFT WERE INBOUND TO NOME; AND 1 OTHER ACFT OUTBOUND. THE FIRST INBOUND (TYPE UNKNOWN) INTENDED RWY 02 AND THE FIRST OUTBOUND; A PIPER NAVAJO WAS THEN BACK-TAXIING FOR A RWY 09 DEP. I WAS PLANNING A RWY 27 DEP. I BELIEVED THE SECOND INBOUND (A CE 207?) WAS ARRIVING FROM THE E; LNDG W (RWY 27); WHILE HE WAS ACTUALLY PLANNING RWY 09). I COMPLETED MY RUNUP AND HELD SHORT OF RWY 27; WITH THE NAVAJO IN POS FOR RWY 09. THE FIRST INBOUND LANDED AND CLRED RWY 02; AND THE NAVAJO BEGAN HIS TKOF ROLL ON RWY 09. AT THIS POINT; THE SECOND INBOUND CALLED '5 MI FINAL;' BUT DID NOT STATE WHICH RWY. WHEN THE DEPARTING NAVAJO PASSED OVERHEAD; I TAXIED ONTO RWY 27 AND BEGAN AN IMMEDIATE DEP. FLT SVC THEN BROADCAST 'CONFIRM YOU HAVE THE ACFT ON FINAL.' THIS CALL WAS NOT PREFACED WITH AN 'N-NUMBER;' THEREFORE I BELIEVED IT WAS FOR THE NAVAJO WHICH HAD DEPARTED EBOUND; THE SECOND INBOUND WAS THEN ON (AN APPROX) 2 MI FINAL FOR RWY 09; AND EXECUTED A L 360 DEG TURN (TO THE N) FOR SPACING. ON CLBOUT; I SAW THE OTHER ACFT AND REALIZED WHAT HAD ACTUALLY OCCURRED. I THEN ALTERED COURSE TO THE L (S) AND PASSED WELL CLR (GREATER THAN 1 MI) FROM THE OTHER ACFT. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE COLLISION HAZARD; THE INCIDENT WAS A CLR; ALTHOUGH UNINTENTIONAL; VIOLATION OF PROPER PROC FOR WHICH I WAS ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: UNDUE HASTE TO MEET SCHEDULE; INAPPROPRIATE DIVISION OF ATTN - GND TASKS AND FLT ADVISORY SIMULTANEOUSLY; LACK OF CORRECT SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; BREAKDOWN OF PROPER COMS PROC.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.