PLT OF AN AERO COMMANDER; 690; AC6T; LANDED ON AN INTERSECTING RWY OF AN ACFT TAKING OFF AT A NON TWR ARPT; EVEN THOUGH THE RPTR ANNOUNCED HIMSELF OVER UNICOM DURING EACH TFC PATTERN PROC. THE OTHER ACFT DID NOT SEEM TO HEAR THE RPTR.
Synopsis
PLT OF AN AERO COMMANDER; 690; AC6T; LANDED ON AN INTERSECTING RWY OF AN ACFT TAKING OFF AT A NON TWR ARPT; EVEN THOUGH THE RPTR ANNOUNCED HIMSELF OVER UNICOM DURING EACH TFC PATTERN PROC. THE OTHER ACFT DID NOT SEEM TO HEAR THE RPTR.
Narrative
FSS ON FIELD ADVISED ACTIVE RWY 28 (WE CALLED 15 MI SW). MONITORING CTAF WE HEARD TFC IN THE PATTERN; ANNOUNCED OURSELVES AGAIN AT 5 MI SW AND UPON ENTERING L DOWNWIND RWY 28. PICKED UP TFC VISUALLY; FOLLOWED HIM TO RWY 28. HE LANDS; TURNS OFF AND AS WE'RE ON 1/2 MI FINAL (WE ALSO CALLED 'TURNING L BASE TO FINAL RWY 28; MILLVILLE'). WE HEAR (WHAT WE ASSUMED WAS THE SOLITARY ACFT IN THE RUN-UP BLOCK SAY): '(ACFT TAIL NUMBER) DEPARTING RWY 28 AT MILLVILLE.' I SAID ALOUD; THOUGH WITHOUT KEYING THE MIKE; 'YOU MAY WANT TO RETHINK THAT; SLICK.' HE WAS IN A POS SUCH THAT ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS GLANCE OUT HIS WINDSHIELD AND HE WOULD HAVE SEEN ALL 4 OF OUR LNDG LIGHTS. SINCE HE DIDN'T MOVE TOWARD THE RWY; I SILENTLY REAFFIRMED MY BELIEF THAT LNDG LIGHTS ARE ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA; LANDED AND SAID; 'LOOK AT THAT;' AS THE CESSNA POPPED INTO VIEW FROM BEHIND A ROW OF TREES AS HE DEPARTED RWY 32. (THOSE TREES DON'T SHOW ON THE APCH PLATE; BUT I BELIEVE THEY MUST OBSCURE THE 2 RWY TOUCHDOWN ZONES FROM EACH OTHER.) THE CESSNA CALLED MILLVILLE FSS TO RPT OFF THE GND AND I CASUALLY ASKED HIM WHICH RWY. HE STILL SAID RWY 28; SO I SAID 'NO-O-O; WE JUST LANDED ON RWY 28; YOU DEPARTED RWY 32 AND WE ALMOST HIT YOU;' WHICH WAS A SLIGHT EXAGGERATION; BUT HE NEEDED SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT. I HAVE CHEWED MY OWN 'THOUGHT FOOD' MANY TIMES SINCE THEN AND HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY ARE STILL CALLED UNCTLED FIELDS FOR THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE REASONS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.