ACFT X ON TKOF; TAKES EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID ACFT Y ABOUT TO TKOF FROM THE OPPOSITE END OF RWY.

2000-09 · NASA ASRS report 485656

Date: 2000-09 · Aircraft: Cessna 150 · Phase: takeoff

Anomalies: conflict-ground-conflict|less-severe|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|ground-incursion-runway

Synopsis

ACFT X ON TKOF; TAKES EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID ACFT Y ABOUT TO TKOF FROM THE OPPOSITE END OF RWY.

Narrative

I WAS GIVING FLT INSTRUCTION TO A STUDENT IN A CESSNA 150. WE WERE COMMUNICATING ON THE COE UNICOM FREQUENCY (122.8) DURING ONE TAXI AND WERE MONITORING FOR OTHER TRAFFIC DURING OUR RUN-UP. AFTER THE RUN-UP MY STUDENT MADE THE PROPER CALL ANNOUNCING WE WOULD BE DEPARTING ON RWY 19. I SPECIFICALLY DOUBLE-CHECKED THAT HE WAS TALKING ON 122.8 AS HE MADE HIS TRANSMISSION. HE WAS ON THE UNICOM FREQUENCY. WE ALSO HEARD A P-3 ORION CALL IN FROM THE N SAYING HE WAS INBOUND FOR RWY 5. MY STUDENT AND I BOTH LOOKED AROUND THOROUGHLY BEFORE TAXIING ONTO RWY 19 AND CONTINUED TO DO SO AS WE TOOK THE RWY. WE BEGAN OUR TKOF ROLL AND BEGAN CLIMBING OUT OVER THE RWY. WHEN WE WERE ABOUT 1/3 DOWN THE RWY; DURING OUR CLIMB; I SPOTTED ANOTHER ACFT FACING US; ON THE GROUND ON RWY 01. I CALLED THE ACFT OUT TO MY STUDENT AND TOOK CONTROL OF THE ACFT. I SIDE STEPPED WELL TO THE SIDE OF THE RWY AND CONTINUED OUR CLIMB. AS WE PASSED THE OTHER ACFT HE WAS NOT MOVING ON THE RWY. I ASKED FOR THE 'ACFT ON THE RWY AT COEUR D'ALENE' AND HEARD NO REPLY. I DID THIS AGAIN AND THE OTHER ACFT REPLIED AND SAID HE WAS 'DEEPLY SORRY' AND STATED THAT HE RADIO HAD 'CHANGED FREQUENCY ON HIM.' I ASSURED HIM WE WERE WELL CLEAR AND HE REPLIED THAT HE WOULD TAXI BACK AND HAVE HIS RADIO 'CHECKED OUT.' WE PROCEEDED N TO THE PRACTICE AREA. A FEW MINUTES LATER I SAW AND HEARD THE OTHER ACFT ANNOUNCE HIS INTENTIONS AND DEPART COE. DURING HIS CLIMB-OUT I TOLD HIM WE WERE HEARING HIM 'LOUD AND CLEAR NOW.' HE STATED THAT HIS RADIO WAS 'INTERMITTENT.' OBVIOUSLY THE OTHER ACFT WAS NOT ON THE UNICOM FREQUENCY AND HAD MADE HIS TRANSMISSION ON SOME OTHER FREQUENCY. WE DID EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO PREVENT A SITUATION LIKE THIS. APPARENTLY THE OTHER ACFT TAXIED ONTO THE OPPOSITE END SOMETIME DURING OUR TKOF. IF HE HAD BEEN ON FREQUENCY THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED; BUT LUCKILY IT WAS NOT EVER CLOSE. THIS WAS DEFINITELY NOT A NEAR MISS. IT COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN ONE THOUGH. IN THE FUTURE I WILL BE EVEN MORE CAREFUL WHEN TAXIING ONTO THE RWY. ALSO; HAVING A TOWER AT COE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS. THANKS FOR YOUR FORUM FOR REPORTING. ALSO; THE WINDS WERE LIGHT OUT OF THE S FAVORING RWY 19. 19 IS ALSO THE DESIGNATED CALM WIND RWY AT COE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH THE RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: BOTH THE UNICOM AND CTAF FREQUENCIES. WERE WORKING PROPERLY. ACFT Y WAS NOT ON THE PROPER FREQUENCIES; IF HE WAS THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.

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

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