SMA PLT ON DEP AT SEAPLANE FACILITY HAS ACTUAL MIDAIR COLLISION WITH ACFT DEPARTING OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
Synopsis
SMA PLT ON DEP AT SEAPLANE FACILITY HAS ACTUAL MIDAIR COLLISION WITH ACFT DEPARTING OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
Narrative
I CONTACTED THE TWR AND REQUESTED A W TKOF. ANOTHER ACFT CONTACTED THE TWR AND REQUESTED A SE TKOF WITH AN E OPTION. TWR ADVISED ME OF THE WIND FROM THE SE AND ASKED IF I STILL WANTED A W. I ADVISED THE TWR I STILL WANTED A W. TWR ADVISED ME TO HOLD AND ADVISE WHEN READY. THE TWR CLRED THE OTHER ACFT FOR TKOF SE. I MUST HAVE RECEIVED THE LAST PART OF THAT XMISSION AND THOUGHT IT WAS FOR MY ACFT. BOTH ACFT ARRIVED OVER MID-FIELD ON A COLLISION COURSE. I SAW THE OTHER ACFT ABOUT 2 SECONDS BEFORE CONTACT AND IMMEDIATELY MADE A 90 DEG BANK TO THE L AND DOVE THE ACFT. I DID NOT THINK I HIT THE OTHER ACFT; BUT UPON LNDG I OBSERVED DAMAGE TO MY AILERON AND TRAILING EDGE OF THE WING. THE OTHER ACFT DID NOT SEE MY ACFT AND HE THOUGHT HE HIT A BIRD. THE TWR DID NOT ADVISE EITHER ACFT OF THE INCIDENT OR DID NOT ADVISE EITHER ACFT TO ABORT BECAUSE OF CONFLICTING TFC. AFTER LISTENING TO THE TAPE RECORDING I FEEL THE CTLR WAS VERY BUSY BECAUSE SHE WAS CTLING HVY JETS AT INTL AS WELL AS LAKE HOOD SEAPLANE BASE AND LAKE HOOD STRIP. ALSO THERE WERE MISSING CALLS I MADE THAT DID NOT APPEAR ON THE TAPE. I FEEL SOME XMISSIONS WERE BLOCKED AND A MISUNDERSTOOD CLRNC WAS RECEIVED.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.