C310 PLT DEPARTING BDR HAS AN NMAC WITH AN AA5 ENTERING THE TFC PATTERN.
Synopsis
C310 PLT DEPARTING BDR HAS AN NMAC WITH AN AA5 ENTERING THE TFC PATTERN.
Narrative
WE WERE DEPARTING RWY 6 ON A FULL-LENGTH DEP. RWY 11 WAS ALSO IN USE. DURING THE BACK TAXI; TWR SPOKE TO ANOTHER ACFT; BUT I DIDN'T REALLY PAY TOO MUCH ATTN TO IT; BECAUSE IT WAS NOT FOR OUR ACFT; AND I WAS CONFIRMING TKOF CHKLIST ITEMS. DURING CLBOUT AT ABOUT 1000 FT MSL/AGL; JUST BEFORE I WAS GOING TO BEGIN MY ON COURSE TURN NBOUND; THE TCASII SYS WENT OFF YELLING 'TFC; TFC.' I QUICKLY GLANCED AT THE SCREEN; AND NOTED AN INTRUDER ACFT APPROX 1/4-1/2 MI AWAY AT MY 1230 O'CLOCK POS AND 300 FT FROM MY ALT; AND DSNDING. I QUICKLY ACQUIRED THE ACFT VISUALLY; AND TOOK EVASIVE ACTION NBOUND. I CALLED THE LCL CTLR; AND ASKED IF HE HAD ANY TFC TO THE E OF THE FIELD. HE SAID 'YES; A GRUMMAN; BUT HE SHOULD NOT BE A FACTOR.' I SAID 'WELL; HE WAS A FACTOR; BECAUSE HE JUST BLEW PAST OUR R WING; AND THE TCASII WENT OFF!' THE GRUMMAN RESPONDED THAT 'IT WASN'T REALLY THAT CLOSE;' BUT I FOUND OUT LATER WHY IT DIDN'T SEEM AS CLOSE TO HIM; BECAUSE THE XMISSION I HEARD WHILE ON MY BACK TAXI; BUT DIDN'T LISTEN TO; WAS THE TWR TELLING THE GRUMMAN THAT I WAS DEPARTING RWY 6; TO LOOK OUT FOR ME. IF THE TWR SAID TO ME HE DIDN'T THINK THE GRUMMAN WOULD BE A FACTOR; WHY DID HE ISSUE US AS TFC TO THE GRUMMAN? IN REFLECTION; THE SIT WOULD HAVE BEEN A NON-EVENT IF THE LCL CTLR HAD TOLD ME ABOUT THE INBOUND GRUMMAN; SO I WOULD HAVE BEGUN MY ON COURSE TURN MUCH SOONER.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.