NMAC BTWN A BEECH KING AIR 350 LNDG AND ANOTHER UNKNOWN ACFT TAXIING AFTER LNDG BACK ACROSS THE RWY IN FRONT OF THE LNDG KING AIR.
Synopsis
NMAC BTWN A BEECH KING AIR 350 LNDG AND ANOTHER UNKNOWN ACFT TAXIING AFTER LNDG BACK ACROSS THE RWY IN FRONT OF THE LNDG KING AIR.
Narrative
AT APPROX XA40 PM ON DEC SUN 1996; AFTER XING THE NUMBERS OF RWY 25 AT 4000 FT; I WAS TOLD TO FOLLOW THE TFC AND CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH TO RWY 19L. UPON CONTACTING TWR; LNDG CLRNC WAS ISSUED FOR RWY 19L. WHILE ON FINAL; THE PRECEDING TFC LANDED AND ALMOST STOPPED ON THE RWY; AT WHICH TIME I SLOWED MY KING AIR 350 TO ITS SLOWEST POSSIBLE SPD AND SHALLOWED MY DSCNT TO PROVIDE MORE ROOM BTWN US. AFTER STOPPING ON THE RWY; THE TFC TURNED L AT TXWY S; CLRED THE RWY AND STOPPED. AT THIS TIME; MY ACFT WAS PAST THE THRESHOLD OF RWY 19L AT 50 FT AND LEVEL. UPON SEEING THE ACFT CLRING THE RWY; I CONTINUED MY APCH; AT WHICH TIME THE LNDG ACFT THEN ASKED THE CTLR WHICH WAY; L OR R. THE CTLR RESPONDED; GO R; AND THE TFC PULLED BACK ONTO THE RWY TO CROSS TO THE W SIDE. I WAS APPROX 1500 FT DOWN THE RWY AND BEGAN A GAR TO PREVENT A COLLISION. I ESTIMATE THAT IN PASSING THE OTHER ACFT ON THE RWY; I WAS APPROX 50 FT ABOVE AND 100 FT HORIZ TO THAT ACFT. AT THIS TIME; I SPOTTED THE ACR DEPARTING RWY 25 SO I BEGAN A TURN TO 270 DEGS TO AVOID ONE MORE CONFLICT. IT WASN'T UNTIL AFTER THIS TIME THE CTLR ISSUED HIS INSTRUCTIONS. IN CONCLUSION; 1) HAD THE CTLR LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND MONITORED HIS TFC; HE SHOULD HAVE UPON LNDG INSTRUCTED THE ACFT TO EXIT THE RWY TO THE R OR; 2) AFTER HEARING THE QUESTION; L OR R; HE SHOULD HAVE LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND RESPONDED; STOP; HOLD SHORT. IN CLOSING; I BELIEVE THE CTLR SIMPLY DIDN'T LOOK OUT THE WINDOW WHILE DOING HIS JOB. ALL ACTIONS TO AVOID A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WERE INITIATED BY MYSELF. THE CTLR WAS MERELY ISSUING INSTRUCTIONS IN HINDSIGHT TO WHAT HAD ALREADY TAKEN PLACE. HAD I BEEN IN AN ACFT OF LESSER PERFORMANCE; A RWY COLLISION WOULD HAVE OCCURRED RESULTING IN POSSIBLE FATALITIES.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.