A BEECH T-1A MIL INSTRUCTOR PLT HAD 2 F16 ACFT PASS 500 FT OVERHEAD ON TKOF FROM AMA.

Date: 1999-11 · Aircraft: Military Trainer · Phase: landing

Anomalies: conflict-airborne-conflict|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance

Synopsis

A BEECH T-1A MIL INSTRUCTOR PLT HAD 2 F16 ACFT PASS 500 FT OVERHEAD ON TKOF FROM AMA.

Narrative

I WAS FLYING ACI IN THE VFR PATTERN (R-HAND) ON RWY 22 AT AMA. I WAS CLRED THE OPTION AND SUBSEQUENTLY CALLED R BASE AND INITIATED THE TURN. AT THIS TIME; I HEARD THE TWR TALK TO AN ACFT AND TELL HIM TO BREAK OFF HIS APCH 1 NM PRIOR TO THE RWY. NOT HEARING A REPLY; I (WE) QUERIED THE CTLR IF HE MEANT THAT CALL FOR US. HE SAID NO; YOU ARE CLRED THE OPTION AND ADVISED US OF OPPOSITE DIRECTION F16 TFC THAT WOULD BREAK OFF THEIR APCH 1 MI PRIOR TO THE RWY THRESHOLD (RWY 4). WE CONTINUED THE PATTERN TO A TOUCH-AND-GO. WATCHING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TFC; WE CONTINUED THE TOUCH-AND-GO. AT ROTATION SPD; IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THEY (THE F16'S) WERE NOT FOLLOWING THEIR INSTRUCTIONS. BEING BEYOND A SAFE ABORT SPD; I TOLD THE TWR 'YOU BETTER BREAK THESE GUYS OFF.' I HAD TO ROTATE; BUT LEVELED MY ACFT OFF ABOUT 60 FT AGL UNTIL THE F16'S BROKE OFF THEIR APCH OVERHEAD MY POS. DURING SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATION WITH THE CTL TWR PERSONNEL; THEY SAID HE ACKNOWLEDGED HIS CLRNC TO BREAK OFF APCH PRIOR TO THRESHOLD (1 NM). THE APCH CTL SUPVR WAS SUBSEQUENTLY NOTIFIED OF MY INTENT TO FILE AN NMAC RPT. THIS SIT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF THE F16 PLT FOLLOWED HIS CLRNC OR IF THE TWR CTLR CALLED THE F16 AND REQUIRED HIM TO TURN OFF AFTER HE DID NOT DO SO AT 1 MI PRIOR TO THE RWY. THE F16 WAS USING UHF; WHILE I WAS ON A VHF RADIO.

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