AN SMA TRAINING FLT SUFFERS AN INTENTIONAL BE58 BARON CLOSE FLY-BY CREATING AN NMAC. BARON PLT HAD BEEN OPPOSITE DIRECTION TFC IN TFC PATTERN AT CGZ PREVIOUSLY AND HAD TO MAKE A GAR FOR SMA AS LNDG TFC.

Date: 1998-01 · Aircraft: Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer

Anomalies: conflict-nmac|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|other-unspecified

Synopsis

AN SMA TRAINING FLT SUFFERS AN INTENTIONAL BE58 BARON CLOSE FLY-BY CREATING AN NMAC. BARON PLT HAD BEEN OPPOSITE DIRECTION TFC IN TFC PATTERN AT CGZ PREVIOUSLY AND HAD TO MAKE A GAR FOR SMA AS LNDG TFC.

Narrative

MY STUDENT AND I WERE ON A TRAINING FLT OUT OF CHANDLER MUNICIPAL HEADED FOR CASA GRANDE MUNICIPAL FOR TOUCH-AND-GOES AT AN UNCTLED FIELD (CGZ). APPROX 10 MI N OF CGZ WE TUNED IN THE AWOS ON THE FIELD AND NOTED THAT THE WIND WAS RPTED AS 270-300 DEGS STEADY AT 5 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 10 KTS. SINCE NOBODY ELSE WAS IN THE TFC PATTERN OR TALKING ON UNICOM; WE ANNOUNCED THAT WE WOULD ENTER R TFC FOR RWY 23. WE THEN ENTERED THE PATTERN ON A 45 DEG ENTRY TO R DOWNWIND AND PROCEEDED TO EXECUTE SEVERAL TOUCH-AND-GOES; ALL THE WHILE MAKING ALL THE NECESSARY RADIO CALLS. AFTER WE HAD EXECUTED 2 TOUCH-AND-GOES; AN ACFT (A BONANZA) ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS OVER STANFIELD VOR (TFD) INBOUND ON THE ILS APCH TO RWY 5. WE CONTINUED TO MAKE R TFC TO RWY 23 AND ADVISED THE ACFT THAT THE WINDS FAVORED RWY 23 AND ASKED WHAT HIS INTENTIONS WERE. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD EXECUTE A MISSED APCH TO RETURN TO THE VOR. HE (THE PLT OF THE BONANZA) CALLED SHORT FINAL FOR RWY 5 AS WE WERE ON A R DOWNWIND TO RWY 23. AS WE CALLED R BASE FOR RWY 23 (AFTER THE BONANZA HAD MADE A TURN S OUT OF THE PATTERN); THE PLT OF THE BONANZA CALLED US AND SAID 'YOU ARE GOING THE WRONG WAY; TURN R IMMEDIATELY.' A SMALL DEBATE OVER THE RADIO ENSUED OVER USE OF THE RWY; EVEN THOUGH WE WERE MAKING THE CORRECT TFC PATTERN FOR RWY FAVORED BY THE WIND. WE CONTINUED OUR COURSE AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER MADE A R TURN TO FINAL APCH TO RWY 23. AS WE TURNED FINAL; A BEECH BARON (OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE SAME COMPANY AS THE BONANZA) ANNOUNCED L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 5 AND STATED HE WOULD BE MAKING TOUCH-AND-GOES. AS WE WERE TOUCHING DOWN; I NOTICED THE BARON TURNING FINAL FOR RWY 5. AT THAT POINT I DECIDED TO MAKE A FULL STOP AND TRY TO AVOID A COLLISION BY TAKING OFF TOWARDS THE BARON. MY STUDENT WAS FLYING AND LANDED SLIGHTLY LONG. AS WE WERE ABOUT TO EXIT THE RWY AT THE END; THE BARON INITIATED A GAR. AT THAT TIME; ANOTHER ACFT (OWNED BY THE SAME COMPANY AS THE BARON AND BONANZA) RPTED FAF INBOUND ON THE ILS FOR RWY 5. IN ORDER TO AVOID CONFRONTATION BY TAXIING BACK AND TAKING OFF AGAINST TFC; I TOOK CTL OF THE ACFT AND TURNED AROUND ON THE RWY AND TOOK OFF ON RWY 5 (DOWNWIND). I THEN RETURNED CTL OF THE ACFT TO MY STUDENT AND WE DEPARTED THE PATTERN TO THE N TO RETURN TO CHANDLER MUNICIPAL TO COMPLETE OUR LESSON. AT APPROX 5 MI N OF CASA GRANDE MUNICIPAL; THE BARON THAT HAD TO GAR EARLIER CAME UP BESIDE US (AT OUR 3 O'CLOCK WITHIN 100 FT HORIZ); CHASTISED US ON THE RADIO AND MADE A HARD L TURN IN FRONT OF US; AT WHICH TIME I PUSHED THE YOKE FIRMLY FORWARD AND DSNDED TO AVOID A MIDAIR COLLISION. (I DSNDED FROM 1500 FT AGL TO 1300 FT AGL.) THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THIS INCIDENT WERE: 1) THE BONANZA; BARON; AND ACFT ON THE INST APCH (ALL OWNED AND OPERATED BY SAME COMPANY) NEGLECTED TO CHK AWOS OR WIND DIRECTION OR GIVE ANY CONSIDERATION TO THE ACFT ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN THE PATTERN MAKING R-HAND TFC FOR RWY 23 (THE RWY PREFERRED BY THE WIND). 2) THE BARON ENTERING THE PATTERN FOR TOUCH-AND-GOES NOT GIVING WAY TO THE ACFT ON FINAL (ACFT PLTED BY MYSELF AND MY STUDENT) AND CONTINUING HIS APCH ALMOST TO TOUCHDOWN WHILE WE WERE STILL ON THE RWY. 3) THE THIRD ACFT (WHO CALLED FINAL APCH FIX INBOUND) STATING THAT HE; TOO; WOULD BE LNDG ON RWY 5; EVEN THOUGH HE SHOULD HAVE CIRCLED TO LAND ON RWY 23. 4) THE COMPLETE AND UTTER DISREGARD FOR SAFETY BY THE PLT OF THE BARON WHO BUZZED OUR ACFT (MYSELF AND MY STUDENT) AND NEARLY CAUSED A MIDAIR COLLISION. THIS PROB COULD BE CORRECTED BY PLTS LISTENING TO AWOS AND/OR CHKING WIND DIRECTION VISUALLY AND MAKING THE APPROPRIATE PATTERN FOR THE RWY FAVORED BY THE WIND; OR FOR ACFT ON THE INST APCH; IF WINDS FAVOR A DIFFERENT RWY; BREAKING OFF THE APCH AND CIRCLING TO LAND OR EXECUTING A MISSED APCH SO AS NOT TO CONFLICT WITH TFC IN THE PATTERN. ALSO; THE PLT OF THE BARON EXECUTING A GAR SOONER AND GIVING WAY TO THE LOWER ACFT (US) WOULD HAVE BEEN THE CORRECT THING TO DO AS PER THE RIGHT-OF-WAY RULES LISTED IN FAR 91.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.