NMAC SMA GA ACFT AT 200 FT ALT AT PWA TFC PATTERN.
Synopsis
NMAC SMA GA ACFT AT 200 FT ALT AT PWA TFC PATTERN.
Narrative
WE WERE ON A NORMAL NIGHT; LCL FLT AROUND THE OKLAHOMA CITY AREA. WHILE ON FINAL FOR RWY 35R; WE WERE MAKING RADIO CALLS AND HAD ANOTHER C152 FOLLOWING US. AS THE PLT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND; I SAW A LIGHT OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE. I REALIZED THAT IT WAS A FLASHLIGHT IN THE COCKPIT OF ANOTHER AIRPLANE. THIS AIRPLANE WAS XING OUR PATH FOR FINAL; ABOUT 10-15 FT OFF OUR NOSE. WE DID EVASIVE ACTION BY GOING FULL THROTTLE; PITCHING DOWN; BANKING TO THE R. THIS GOT US OUT OF THE SIT BY A FEW FT. I NOTICED THAT THIS AIRPLANE HAD NO LIGHTS ON; AND WAS MAKING NO RADIO CALLS. I MADE A RADIO CALL TO THE OTHER AIRPLANE ON FINAL AND TOLD HIM OF THE ACFT. THEN WE PROCEEDED BEHIND THE CESSNA ON FINAL; AND LANDED. ONCE ON THE GND WE FOUND THE ACFT WITH NO LIGHTS ON. WE FOLLOWED THEM TO PARKING. AFTER EXITING THE ACFT; WE APCHED THE AIRPLANE. AFTER A FEW BRIEF SECONDS OF CONFRONTING THE PLT AND COPLT; THE COPLT ASKED FOR BOTH MINE AND THE PLT'S PLT NUMBERS AND OUR NAMES. HE REVEALED THAT HE WAS AN FAA OPS INSPECTOR AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO TURN US IN FOR REASONS THAT HE LEFT UNMENTIONED. AFTER TALKING WITH THIS GENTLEMAN FOR A FEW MINS HE TOLD US THAT THEY HAD A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND THEY WERE COMING TO LAND AT PWA. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE COMING IN AHEAD OF ME; BUT THEY ALSO SAID THEY ONLY SAW 1 PLANE ON FINAL. HE LATER ADMITTED THAT HE WAS LOOKING AT THE PLANE BEHIND US ON FINAL; AND NEVER SAW OUR PLANE. EVEN AFTER ADMITTING THAT HE DIDN'T SEE US HE STILL THREATENED LEGAL ACTIONS AGAINST BOTH OF US. AT THAT POINT THE PLT AND I RETREATED AND WENT TO TALK TO THE CFI IN THE OTHER ACFT. HE SAID THAT HE WASN'T SURE WHAT HAPPENED; BUT HE SAW SOMETHING.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.