A CE560 MAKING A VISUAL APCH INTO PGV; NC; INFRINGES ON THE TFC SPACING THAT IS LINED UP FOR THE SAME RWY.

Date: 1997-10 · Aircraft: Cessna Citation Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: approach

Anomalies: conflict-airborne-conflict|other-unspecified

Synopsis

A CE560 MAKING A VISUAL APCH INTO PGV; NC; INFRINGES ON THE TFC SPACING THAT IS LINED UP FOR THE SAME RWY.

Narrative

ON APCH TO PGV; NC; FLYING A C560; WAS CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH TO THE ARPT. VISUAL CONTACT WAS MADE APPROX 5 MI FROM THE ARPT. I THEN INSTRUCTED THE PNF TO CANCEL OUR IFR FLT PLAN. HE COMPLIED; THEN ZDC CONFIRMED THE CANCELLATION AND ADVISED US THAT AN ACR SHORTS 360 HAD BEEN CLRED #1 FOR THE APCH. WE ENTERED A R BASE LEG FOR RWY 19 FROM OUR NW POS FROM THE ARPT. THE PNF THEN SWITCHED TO UNICOM FREQ 122.8 TO ADVISE OUR POS TO OTHER TFC IN THE VICINITY OF THE PGV ARPT. AT THIS TIME WE DID NOT HAVE VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE S360 AND THE PNF RPTED OUR R BASE LEG ON FREQ 122.8. THE S360 PLT THEN RPTED L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 19. AT THIS TIME I WAS TURNING BASE TO FINAL APCH TO RWY 19; THE S360 CAME INTO SIGHT ON HIS L DOWNWIND LEG. I ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE APCH TO RWY 19 AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE WAS NO COMPROMISE TO THE SAFETY OR EXPEDITIOUS FLOW OF TFC TO RWY 19 AT THE PGV ARPT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 382342: HOWEVER; THERE WAS A COMMUTER AIRLINER ON A L DOWNWIND FOR THE SAME RWY WHO DIDN'T APPRECIATE OUR ENTERING THE PATTERN AHEAD OF HIM AND RPTED IT TO CLT FSDO. THOUGH THE NORMAL VFR PATTERN IS L-HAND TFC; WE WERE VECTORED TO THE FINAL APCH COURSE AND THERE WAS NO CONFLICT WHATSOEVER.

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