1998-09 · NASA ASRS report 414730
PLT OF A MITSUBISHI MU2B 60 MARQUISE (MU26) TOOK EVASIVE ACTION ON TKOF ROLL BY MOVING OVER ON THE RWY TO AVOID A MIG 17 HOLDING ON THE UNCTLED ARPT RWY. THE MIG HAD LANDED SEVERAL MINS EARLIER BUT HAD NOT ANNOUNCED HIS INTENTIONS TO BACK TAXI TO PARKING AS WAS REQUIRED DUE TO THE ONLY TXWY BEING CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION.
AS I TAXIED N FOR A DEP ON RWY 20; I OBSERVED 8 F16'S AHEAD OF ME FOR TAXI AND DEP. THEY TOOK OFF IN APPROX 30 SECOND INTERVALS AND TURNED TO 'FORM UP' NW OF THE ARPT. THEY ANNOUNCED THEIR INTENTIONS. THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE A LOW FORMATION PASS HDG E; DIRECTLY OVER THE ARPT; THEN MAKE A R 270 DEG TURN; FLY DOWN THE RWY AND PROCEED N OUT OF THE AREA. AS THE LAST F16 DEPARTED AND 'LEAD' ANNOUNCED THEIR INTENTIONS; A MIG17 RADIOED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO LAND ON RWY 20; WHICH HE DID. A DORNIER 328 ANNOUNCED 'LONG FINAL' FOR RWY 20. I CALLED THE AIRLINER AND ADVISED THEM THAT I WOULD BE HOLDING SHORT; WHICH THEY ACKNOWLEDGED. THE AIRLINER TOUCHED DOWN AND ON ROLLOUT ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD BACK-TAXI TO THE 'TURNOFF' NEAR THE TERMINAL -- WHICH WAS ABOUT 2000 FT S OF WHERE I WAS HOLDING. WHEN HE (DURING HIS BACK-TAXI) ARRIVED IN THE VICINITY OF HIS EXIT POINT; I ANNOUNCED THAT I WAS TAKING POS ON RWY 20 AND THAT I WOULD HOLD POS UNTIL THE AIRLINER WAS CLR. AT THAT POINT I ANNOUNCED THAT I WAS BEGINNING MY TKOF ROLL ON RWY 20. AS I REACHED ABOUT 80 KTS; THE MIG17 CAME INTO VIEW. HE WAS JUST L OF (HIS L) CTRLINE TAXIING N. INSUFFICIENT DISTANCE PERCEIVED BTWN HIM AND ME FOR A SUCCESSFUL ABORT. I MOVED L OF CTRLINE ABOUT 30-40 FT AND ROTATED ABOUT 2-3 SECONDS AFTER PASSING BY THE MIG WHICH NOW APPEARED TO BE STOPPED. I NEVER RECEIVED ANY XMISSION FROM THE MIG PLT. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT 3 SEPARATE FACTORS WERE SIGNIFICANT IN CAUSING THIS EVENT. FIRST; TFC ON EITHER END WAS NOT VISIBLE FROM THE OPPOSITE END DUE TO RWY TOPOGRAPHY. SECOND; THE TXWY WAS CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION. THIRD; THERE WAS NO POSITIVE CTL OF ACFT. AIRSHOWS; AIRLINERS; AND UNCTLED FIELDS ARE A DANGEROUS COMBINATION.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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