C140 PLT LNDG RWY 24; PWK; EXECUTES EVASIVE GAR WHEN LNDG JET ON RWY 16 INCURS INTO RWY.

Date: 2003-01 · Aircraft: Cessna 140 · Phase: landing

Anomalies: atc-issue-all-types|conflict-ground-conflict|critical|conflict-nmac|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|ground-event-encounter-other-unknown|ground-incursion-runway

Synopsis

C140 PLT LNDG RWY 24; PWK; EXECUTES EVASIVE GAR WHEN LNDG JET ON RWY 16 INCURS INTO RWY.

Narrative

10 MI OUT; I MAKE MY FIRST CALL TO ATC. WIND SPEED KTS 160 DEGS. ATC TELLS ME TO EXPECT RWY 16; CALL 2 OUT; INCREASE SPEED. I KEEP UP SPEED TO ABOUT 1/2 MI THEN SLIP TO SLOW AND DSND. I CALL AT 2 MI AND WAS CLRED TO LAND RWY 16. AT 1/4 MI; ATC TOLD ME TO GO AROUND. I PULLED UP AND RIGHT. ATC THEN TOLD ME TO GO LEFT AND FOLLOW THE BARON. I TURNED LEFT AND GOT BEHIND THE BARON. AT ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES OUT; ATC SAID HE HAD JET TFC AND TO GO AROUND AGAIN. I TURNED LEFT. ATC SAID I COULD GET RIGHT IN ON 24. I SAID OK. ATC CLRED ME TO LND ON RWY 24. LNDG ON RWY 24; I WAS A LITTLE FAST WHICH PUSHED ME 200 FT PAST THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD. ABOUT 20 FT OFF THE GROUND; ATC SAYS STOP; STOP STOP! AT THIS POINT I AM JUST AT TOUCHDOWN; WHEN I LOOK OVER THE NOSE OF MY C140 TO SEE A JET MOVING VERY SLOWLY INTO MY RWY. I THEN PUSH THE THROTTLE AND CARB HEAT AND PULL. I FLY OVER THE TOP OF THE JET MISSING BY LESS THAN ONE FT. ATC WAS CALLED ON THE PHONE AFTER I LANDED. HE SAID THE JET WAS TOLD TO STOP 3 TIMES. MANY PEOPLE SAW THIS AND ALL HAVE SAID THAT IT LOOKED LIKE WE WERE GOING TO CRASH. ATC COULD HAVE GIVEN ME A LITTLE NOTICE AND MADE SOMEONE ELSE GO AROUND. THEY NEVER MAKE JETS GO AROUND. PISTON PLANES GO AROUND AND AROUND. THE SLOWER THE PLANE; THE MORE YOU ARE ASKED TO GO AROUND. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR ALLEGES THAT ON HIS SECOND CONVERSATION WITH A TWR SUPVR THAT HE WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A 'NON OCCURRENCE'; ALLEGING THAT THE JET DID NOT INCUR HIS LANDING RWY; AND ALTHOUGH 'CLOSE'; WAS STILL NOT A PROB FROM THE CTLRS PERSPECTIVE.

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