1995-10 · NASA ASRS report 317639
NMAC.
I WAS FLYING A LIGHT ACFT (PA12; NO XPONDER) ALONG E SIDE OF THE SEWARD HWY NBOUND AT 1400 FT MSL (WHICH IS JUST E OF ANC CLASS 'C' AIRSPACE) WHEN A HVY JET (B747?); WHICH HAD DEPARTED ANC RWY 6; TURNED SBOUND TOWARDS MY ACFT. HVY JET WAS ACR ON AN ANCHORAGE 1 DEP FROM ANC RWY 6L. I FLASHED LNDG LIGHTS AND; WHEN I SAW THAT THE HVY WAS STILL HEADED FOR ME; I ATTEMPTED TO DIVE AND TURN W INTO ANC AIRSPACE. THE HVY JET FLEW JUST E OF ME; APPROX 500 FT ABOVE ME. I ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURB WHICH ROLLED MY ACFT 80 DEG BANK; THEN 50 DEG PITCH. I TRIED TO CONTACT LAKE HOOD TWR (FREQ RADIO TUNED TO) TO INFORM THEM OF MY INCURSION INTO THE ANC CLASS 'C' AIRSPACE AND OF NEAR MIDAIR; BUT FREQ WAS CONGESTED. AFTER I RECOVERED FROM TURB; I CONTACTED ANC TWR AND INFORMED THEM OF EVENT AND AIRSPACE INCURSION. THIS IS A REPEATING PROB OF HVY JETS WHICH DEPART RWY 6 AT ANC AND GO PAST E BOUNDARY OF CLASS 'C' AIRSPACE PRIOR TO TURNING SBOUND WITHOUT MAINTAINING A VISUAL LOOKOUT FOR OTHER ACFT OPERATING IN THIS AREA OF UNCTLED AIRSPACE. EVENT COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC!! CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR WAS FLYING A PA12 ON WHEELS FROM FLYING CROWN (PVT) ARPT; AK12. THIS IS JUST AT THE E EDGE OF AN ANC 'C' AIRSPACE BUT BELOW IT. ANC WAS USING RWYS 6 THIS DAY; WITH RWY 6R FOR DEP. ACR ACFT DO NOT LIKE TO USE RWY 6L FOR DEP AS THIS IS THE ILS RWY AND IT GIVES A LONGER TAXI FOR TKOF. AFTER LNDG; THE RPTR CALLED ANC ATCT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NMAC AND THE ACR BEING OUT OF ITS PROTECTED AIRSPACE. AN ANC FSDO REPRESENTATIVE HAS CALLED THE RPTR WITH GREAT INTEREST IN THIS SIT. THE RPTR IS NOW AWARE OF THE FAA SAFETY HOTLINE AND MAY CALL IT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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