C172 PLT ON FINAL APCH AT NON TWR FIELD HAS NMAC WITH ACFT WHICH FLIES BELOW HIM.
Synopsis
C172 PLT ON FINAL APCH AT NON TWR FIELD HAS NMAC WITH ACFT WHICH FLIES BELOW HIM.
Narrative
I WAS PERFORMING TOUCH-AND-GOES AT GXY; AN UNCTLED FIELD. IT WAS A BUSY SUNDAY MORNING WITH SEVERAL SURROUNDING ARPTS ALSO USING THE CTAF OF 122.8. THIS MADE THE FREQ CONGESTED AND DIFFICULT TO DIFFERENTIATE TFC AT THE DIFFERENT ARPTS. I HAD PERFORMED SEVERAL PREVIOUS TOUCH- AND-GOES AND WAS MAKING A FULL STOP LNDG. I ADVISED TFC OF MY POS AND INTENTIONS UPON EACH LEG OF THE PATTERN. HEARING NO OTHER TFC FOR GXY I PROCEEDED TO TURN BASE AND FINAL; AGAIN CALLING MY LEGS. AT ABOUT 1/2 MI FINAL AND 300-400 FT; A LOW WING SINGLE ENG T-TAIL ACFT PASSED UNDERNEATH MY ACFT AND THEN PROCEEDED DOWN THE FINAL APCH BEFORE ADDING PWR AND CLBING OUT AS IF ON A GAR. THE ACFT SHOWED NO SIGN OF SEEING MY ACFT AND NEVER MADE ANY RADIO CALLS THAT I CAN REMEMBER. I CONTINUED MY APCH AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THIS IS THE MOST DANGEROUS OF MANY IN RECENT HISTORY AT GXY THAT HAVE EITHER HAPPENED TO MYSELF OR FELLOW PLTS. I FEEL THE AMOUNT OF TFC AT THIS ARPT IS SUCH THAT MAINTAINING THE FIELD AS UNCTLED IS A MAJOR SAFETY RISK. EVEN ASSIGNING SEPARATE FREQS TO THE ARPTS IN THE VICINITY WOULD HELP TO PREVENT CONFUSION AND CONGESTION OF 122.8. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES HIS ACFT WAS A C172 AND THE OTHER WAS A SEMINOLE. THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE AROUND WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AND SO HE HAD NO IDEA WHETHER THE OTHER ACFT MADE A STRAIGHT-IN APCH OR NOT. ANALYST RECOMMENDED THE USE OF THE FAA HOTLINE.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.