A KING AIR PLT ATTEMPTS TO OVERTAKE AND CHANGE THE ARR SEQUENCE WITH A BONANZA AT A LOWER PATTERN ALT AT MKY; FL.

1999-08 · NASA ASRS report 448022

Date: 1999-08 · Aircraft: Bonanza 35 · Phase: approach

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-other-unknown|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy

Synopsis

A KING AIR PLT ATTEMPTS TO OVERTAKE AND CHANGE THE ARR SEQUENCE WITH A BONANZA AT A LOWER PATTERN ALT AT MKY; FL.

Narrative

BOTH ACFT WERE ON IFR FLT PLANS TO MARCO ISLAND (KMKY). FORT MYERS APCH TOLD BONANZA (US) THAT MARCO ISLAND WAS 12 O'CLOCK AND 5 MI. APCH THEN TOLD KING AIR THAT THEY WERE #2 FOR MARCO ISLAND FOLLOWING THE BONANZA. THE BONANZA ANNOUNCED ARPT IN SIGHT AND CANCELED IFR. THE KING AIR THEN CANCELED IFR. BOTH PLTS IN THE BONANZA HEARD THE KING AIR ANNOUNCE 12 MI OUT LNDG MARCO ISLAND. THE PLT NOT FLYING THE BONANZA ANNOUNCED DOWNWIND RWY 35 MARCO ISLAND TO ADVISORY. THE KING AIR ALSO ANNOUNCED DOWNWIND RWY 35 MARCO ISLAND. AT THAT POINT; THE BONANZA WAS 500 FT BELOW AND 1/4 MI CLOSER TO THE FIELD THAN THE KING AIR AND THE KING AIR OVERTOOK THE BONANZA DOWNWIND MIDFIELD. BOTH ACFT ANNOUNCED TURNING BASE AT APPROX THE SAME TIME AND THE KING AIR ASKED ACCUSINGLY; 'ARE YOU CUTTING IN FRONT OF ME?' THE PLT NOT FLYING THE BONANZA RESPONDED; 'NO; WE WERE HERE FIRST.' THE PLT NOT FLYING THE BONANZA ANNOUNCED SHORT FINAL RWY 35 MARCO ISLAND AND THE KING AIR RETORTED; 'YOU ARE CUTTING IN FRONT OF ME.' AS THE PLT FLYING THE BONANZA LANDED THE ACFT; THE KING AIR SPUTTERED 'WOMEN DRIVERS' AND THE BONANZA EXITED RWY 35; THE PLT NOT FLYING THE BONANZA ANNOUNCED 'CLR OF RWY 35.' THE KING AIR ANNOUNCED FINAL FOR RWY 35 AND ASKED THAT A FUEL TRUCK BE WAITING AND LANDED. BOTH ACFT MAINTAINED VISUAL SEPARATION THROUGHOUT AND THERE WAS ADEQUATE SPACING FOR BOTH ACFT TO LAND IN SEQUENCE. THE KING AIR PLT CONTINUED HIS ARGUMENT INSIDE THE TERMINAL MAINTAINING THAT HE HAD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY BECAUSE HE WAS A FASTER AIRPLANE; NOTWITHSTANDING THAT HE ADMITTED THAT HE OVERTOOK THE BONANZA. THE ARPT MGR WHO STATED THAT HE WAS A RETIRED AIR TFC CTLR WITNESSED THE ARGUMENT. THE KING AIR PLT STATED THAT RECENTLY HE WAS INVOLVED IN A SIMILAR SIT. BOTH THE PLT FLYING AND THE PLT NOT FLYING THE BONANZA FEEL THAT THE PLT OF THE KING AIR WAS IN A HURRY; GIVEN THAT HE ASKED FOR A FUEL TRUCK BEFORE LNDG; AND HAD AN ATTITUDE PROB.

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

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