A C182 PLT RAISES THE IRE OF AN APCHING CESSNA PLT WHEN HE DEPARTS FKL NON TWR UNICOM ARPT AND THE #2 RADIO DID NOT XMIT HIS SELF ANNOUNCE DEP PROC AT FKL; PA.

Date: 1999-09 · Aircraft: Cessna 152

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-less-severe|conflict-airborne-conflict|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-other-unknown

Synopsis

A C182 PLT RAISES THE IRE OF AN APCHING CESSNA PLT WHEN HE DEPARTS FKL NON TWR UNICOM ARPT AND THE #2 RADIO DID NOT XMIT HIS SELF ANNOUNCE DEP PROC AT FKL; PA.

Narrative

I HAD JUST PICKED UP A NEWLY PURCHASED CESSNA 182 FOR MY COMPANY. MYSELF AND A CO-WORKER CHKED THE ACFT OVER THOROUGHLY PRIOR TO MY TAXI. DURING TAXI; I MADE ALL THE APPROPRIATE UNCTLED ARPT CALLS. I TAXIED TO RWY 2 AND DID MY RUN-UP. DURING THAT TIME; ONE ACFT ENTERED TFC FOR RWY 20 AND LANDED. ANOTHER ACFT HAD CALLED INBOUND BUT NOT YET ENTERED THE PATTERN. I PULLED OUT ON THE RWY (RWY 2) AND BEGAN MY TKOF ROLL. AGAIN I ANNOUNCED MY TKOF; AROUND ROTATION THE INBOUND CESSNA CALLED ENTRY L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 20. I PROCEEDED TO LIFT OFF AND CLB OUT RWY 2 MAKING A L OUT OF TFC AWAY FROM THE CESSNA. BY THIS TIME THE CESSNA WAS TURNING BASE. THE PLT OF THE CESSNA BEGAN TO SCREAM ABOUT WHAT HE PERCEIVED AS AN UNSAFE SIT; AND WANTED TO KNOW WHY I WASN'T MAKING RADIO CALLS. THE SCREAMING CESSNA PLT WAS VERY UPSET AND EFFECTIVELY BLOCKED THE UNICOM FREQ FOR A MIN OR SO UNTIL UNICOM ASKED IF HE WOULD CEASE AND CONTINUE HIS QUESTIONS AFTER HE HAD LANDED. HE COMPLIED. AFTER A FEW MINS WITH THE CESSNA 182; I DECIDED THE ACFT WAS FUNCTIONING OK; AND WENT TO PICK UP MY IFR CLRNC HOME; ONLY TO FIND THE #2 RADIO WAS NOT XMITTING. SO I GUESS THE SCREAMING CESSNA HAD A POINT; I WAS NOT GETTING OUT OF THE ACFT WITH MY SELECTED RADIO. HOWEVER; I MUST ALSO SAY AT NO TIME WAS I EVEN CLOSE TO THE ARRIVING CESSNA; BUT I DID HAVE A HAND IN UPSETTING THE EXCITABLE PLT TO THE POINT HE EFFECTIVELY SHUT DOWN COMS AT VARANGO/FRANKLIN COUNTY; PA; AND ALL OTHER AIRFIELDS ON THE SAME FREQ.

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