A DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THE WISDOM OF TWO ACFT FLYING APCHS TO OPPOSITE ENDS OF AN UNCTLED ARPT RWY. NO C0NFLICT OCCURRED.
Synopsis
A DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THE WISDOM OF TWO ACFT FLYING APCHS TO OPPOSITE ENDS OF AN UNCTLED ARPT RWY. NO C0NFLICT OCCURRED.
Narrative
20 NM NE OF SGU; I MONITORED ASOS (10 NM; CLR; CALM WIND); MADE A POS RPT; AND STATED MY INTENTIONS TO ENTER A L BASE RWY 16. SHORTLY AFTER; ACR Y RPTED 10 NM N AND INTENDED TO ENTER L TFC RWY 34. I DETERMINED THAT SPACING WOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR BOTH ACFT TO CONTINUE OUR APCHS TO OPPOSING RWYS. C0NTINUED WITH POS RPTS AND MONITORING TFC. I WAS OUTSIDE 2 NM FINAL FOR RWY 16 WHEN ACR Y WAS ON SHORT FINAL RWY 34. ACR Y WAS AND RPTED CLR OF THE RWY; WHEN I WAS APROX 1.5 MILES OUT. SAFETY WAS NEVER IN QUESTION IN MY OPINION. APROX 10 MINS LATER; I WAS APCHED BY MR X WITH FAA WHO ASKED ME TO DESCRIBE MY PERCEPTION OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PATTERN. I TOLD HIM EXACTLY WHAT I STATED ABOVE. HE THEN STATED THAT IT WAS HIS OPINION THAT MINE WAS NOT THE SAFEST COURSE OF ACTION; CITING THAT ACR Y HAD TO 'STOMP' ON THE BRAKES TO CLR THE RWY AND EXPRESSED HIS CONCERN FOR WHAT WOULD HAPPEN HAD ACR Y GONE MISSED APCH. I TOLD HIM THAT I DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT IT HAD BEEN NECESSARY FOR ACR Y TO BRAKE EXCESSIVELY (I HAD ACTUALLY ANTICIPATED THEM ROLLING TO THE END OF THE RWY BEFORE EXITING) AND THAT I HAD RECOGNIZED ACR Y IS RIGHT OF WAY IN THE TFC PATTERN. I HAD INTENDED ON MANEUVERING OUT OF THEIR WAY SHOULD THEY EXECUTE THE MISSED. I HAD MAINTAINED BOTH COMMUNICATION AND VISUAL CONTACT WITH ACR Y THE ENTIRE TIME THEY HAD BEEN IN THE PATTERN.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.