NMAC BTWN 2 ROTARY WINGED TFC ACFT.

Date: 1995-10 · Aircraft: Jet/Long Ranger/206

Anomalies: conflict-nmac|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far

Synopsis

NMAC BTWN 2 ROTARY WINGED TFC ACFT.

Narrative

WITH THE OCT/XX/94 IMPLEMENTATION OF SFAR-71 IN HAWAII; COLLISION AVOIDANCE AMONG TOUR ACFT HAS BECOME AN INCREASING CONCERN AND REALITY. BASED ON THE RESTRS IMPOSED BY SFAR-71; ACFT ARE FORCED INTO CONFLICT BY DEFINING THE ALT LIMITS UNDER WHICH TOUR ACFT CAN MANEUVER. NO CONSIDERATION WAS GIVEN TO THE DISSIMILAR TERRAIN AND WX OF EACH HAWAIIAN ISLAND. AS A RESULT; A 'BLANKET' REG HAS CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH JEOPARDIZES AIR SAFETY. THIS NEAR MIDAIR COLLISION OCCURRED IN UNCTLED AIRSPACE OVER THE NAPALI COAST OF KAUAI. I WAS XING THE SOUTHERN MOST NAPALI VALLEY; NUALOLO HDG 300 DEGS AT 3500 FT MSL. I CALLED ON CTAF (122.7) MY POS AND ALT AND INTENT TO DSND OVER NUALOLO KAI. AS I LOOKED TO MY L; AN AS350-B DSNDED FROM ABOVE; FRONT L AND WITHIN 200 FT HORIZLY AND VERTLY ACROSS MY NOSE HDG APPROX 010 DEGS. ALTHOUGH I TURNED FURTHER L AND DSNDED TO INSURE ACFT CLRNC; THE REALITY IS THAT THE SECOND ACFT WOULD HAVE COLLIDED WITH ME WITHOUT ME HAVING SEEN NOR HEARD HIM COMING. THE SECOND ACFT DID NOT COMMUNICATE HIS POS NOR ALT AND IN FACT WAS IN MY BLIND SPOT IN A NEAR COLLISION ATTITUDE. IN OVER 3000 HRS OF FLYING TOURS IN HAWAII; I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THE PROBS CURRENTLY BEING FACED BY ALL PLTS SINCE IMPLEMENTATION OF SFAR-71.

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