PA28 PLT IFR AT 9000 FT IS BUZZED TWICE BY 2 MIL AV8 ACFT.

Date: 2002-07 · Aircraft: PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior · Phase: cruise

Anomalies: conflict-airborne-conflict|conflict-nmac|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|inflight-event-encounter-other-unknown|other-intentional-mil-maneuver

Synopsis

PA28 PLT IFR AT 9000 FT IS BUZZED TWICE BY 2 MIL AV8 ACFT.

Narrative

THE PLT OF THE PIPER ACFT ADVISED ME OF A NEAR MISS WITH A FAST MOVING FIGHTER TYPE ACFT. HE SAID THE FIGHTER MISSED HIM BY 15 FT AT 9000 FT; HIS CRUISE ALT. AFTER HIS SECOND XMISSION ABOUT THE UNKNOWN ACFT; I OBSERVED A BEACON CODE APPEAR ABOUT 3 MI AT HIS 12 O'CLOCK POS AND MAKING A R TURN. I ADVISED THE PLT THAT I HAD A TARGET; BUT HAD NO INFO ABOUT THE FLT. I KEPT THE PLT INFORMED AS TO THE POS OF THE FIGHTER ACFT AS THEY CAME AROUND BEHIND THE PIPER AND BUZZED IT FOR A SECOND TIME. THIS TIME THE PLT OF THE PIPER INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS A FLT OF 2 AV8'S; ONE OF WHICH PASSED VERY NEAR TO HIS PORT WING; THE OTHER NEAR TO HIS STARBOARD. THE AV8'S THEN DEPARTED THE AREA TO THE N. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT AFTER RECEIVING A CALL FROM A VERY EXCITED PLT IFR AT 9000 FT IN A PA28 ACFT ABOUT AN EXTREMELY CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH 2 MIL AV8 ACFT. THE RPTR SAID JUST AFTER THE CALL FROM THE PA28 PLT; HE NOTICED AN XXXX CODE DEPARTING TO THE N. HE CALLED TYS APCH CTL AND WAS TOLD A FLT OF 4 AV8 ACFT HAD JUST CHKED IN AND WERE IDENTED. THE PA28 PLT DECLINED TO FILE A RPT STATING HE HAD BEEN IN THE MIL AND FELT THOSE PLTS HAVE A JOB TO DO. RPTR BELIEVES NO ACTION WAS TAKEN BY THE FACILITY.

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