1995-10 · NASA ASRS report 319593
NMAC AT A NON TWR ARPT CTAF.
TFC WAS HVY GOING INTO ORANGEBERG FOR THE WKLY MEETING OF THE CLUB. BTWN 50-65 PLANES ARRIVED WITHIN A 1 1/2 HR PERIOD. I HAD TURNED FINAL ABOUT 3.8 MI OUT AND WAS #4 FOR RWY 05. WHEN I WAS APPROX 1 MI FROM TOUCHDOWN A PLANE WENT RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF ME; CLOSE ENOUGH THAT I COULD SEE THE PANELS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE. THE PLANE WAS 30-40 FT ABOVE ME AND DIRECTLY LINED UP WITH MY TRACK. WE WERE STACKED VERTLY SO CLOSE THAT I COULDN'T SEE THE N-NUMBER ON THE SIDE. I'M SURE THE OTHER PLANE NEVER SAW ME; WHICH IS A LITTLE SURPRISING IN THAT THE AEROBATIC EXPERIMENTAL IS PAINTED BRIGHT WHITE; WITH BRIGHT RED SUNBURST STRIPES. BECAUSE THE KITFOX FLIES AT SUCH LOW SPDS; YOU TEND TO MAKE FLATTER; SLOWER APCHS. WITH ALL THE TFC; I WASN'T WATCHING THE VASI LIGHTS CLOSELY; BUT WHEN I DID THEY WERE RED OVER PINK; USUALLY; ALMOST BELOW THE GLIDE PATH. I HAVE TO BELIEVE THE OTHER PLT MUST HAVE BEEN LOCKED ON TO THE VASI LIGHTS AND WASN'T SEEING ANYTHING ELSE. THEY QUICKLY EXITED THE PLANE AS SOON AS THEY GOT PARKED AND I WAS TOO SCARED AND TOO ANGRY TO PURSUE TALKING TO THEM. WATCHING FOR TFC IS ONE THING; BUT GETTING RUN OVER FROM BEHIND BRINGS OUT A WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
Loading the flight search…
Pick an aircraft model — Boeing 737, Airbus A320, A380, Boeing 787 Dreamliner and more — enter your origin airport, and FlightFinder shows every route that plane flies from there with live fares.
We support Boeing 737/747/757/767/777/787, the full Airbus A220/A319/A320/A321/A330/A340/A350/A380 family, Embraer E170/E175/E190/E195, Bombardier CRJ and Dash 8, and the ATR 42/72 turboprops.
Search and schedules are free. Pro ($4.99/month, $39/year, or $99 one-time lifetime) unlocks the enriched flight card — on-time stats, CO₂ per passenger, amenities, live gate & weather — plus My Trips with push alerts.
Live schedules come from Amadeus, AeroDataBox and Travelpayouts. Observed routes (which aircraft actually flew a given city pair) are crowdsourced from adsb.lol ADS-B data under the Open Database License.