AFTER NOTING ANOTHER PLT NOT USING STANDARD CTAF PROCS THERE IS A CONFLICT REQUIRING A GAR WHEN THE RPTR DELAYS IN TKOF POS FOR FUEL INDICATION PROB AFTER BACK TAXI ON THE RWY REQUIRED BY ARPT CONSTRUCTION.
Synopsis
AFTER NOTING ANOTHER PLT NOT USING STANDARD CTAF PROCS THERE IS A CONFLICT REQUIRING A GAR WHEN THE RPTR DELAYS IN TKOF POS FOR FUEL INDICATION PROB AFTER BACK TAXI ON THE RWY REQUIRED BY ARPT CONSTRUCTION.
Narrative
I STARTED MY PLANE FOR A TRIP. I NOTICED THE PLANE NEXT TO ME HASTILY GETTING UNDERWAY AND TAXIING DOWN THE RAMP TO THE RWY LIKE HE WAS IN A HURRY. HE NEVER DID A RUN-UP (NONE OF MY BUSINESS) OR ANNOUNCE ('IF ANYONE WAS IN THE PATTERN...THAT I HEARD'). I HAD DONE MY RUN-UP AT THE PARKING POS AND PROCEEDED DOWN THE RAMP TO THE RWY. I DID ANNOUNCE 'ANYONE IN THE PATTERN' AND WITH NO RESPONSE; I BEGAN TO TAXI DOWN THE 5000 FT RWY TO THE RWY NUMBERS FOR DEP. THE INTENTIONS OF THE OTHER PLT WERE NOT KNOWN. I GOT TO THE TKOF POS (RWY NUMBERS) WHILE MONITORING MY GAUGES ALL ALONG. I TURNED AND PROCEEDED TO DEPART WHEN I NOTICED THE FUEL GAUGE NEVER WENT UP BUT SLIGHTLY WITH VERY LITTLE PRESSURE. I LOOKED AT IT AND DECIDED TO TURN THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP ON AND OFF TO SEE A CHANGE. AT THIS POINT OUR FRIENDLY PLT IN THE OTHER PLANE WAS YELLING AT ME FRANTICALLY THAT I SHOULD DEPART. MY COMMENT TO HIM WAS 'GO AROUND.' TO THIS; THE SENSITIVE EARED PLT; RPTED ME TO THE SAFETY COUNSELOR AT OUR ARPT WHO INSISTED THAT I SAY THE GUY IN THE SKY HAS PRIORITY AND INSISTED I ADMIT AN ERROR OR HE WAS RPTING ME TO THE FAA. I MAY HAVE DELAYED DEP FOR A VERY GOOD REASON AND TO GO AROUND WAS NOT A SERIOUS PROB. I HAVE HAD TO DO IT MANY TIMES; BUT THIS SENSITIVE PLT SEEMS TO THINK IT WAS A MAJOR PROB TO BE INCONVENIENCED. I AGREE THE GUY IN THE SKY HAS PRIORITY BUT NO EMER WAS STATED AND NO INDICATION THAT HE WAS PRACTICING 'TOUCH AND GOES.' IN FACT; I ONLY HEARD HIM ON BASE AND THOUGHT I HAD PLENTY OF TIME. NOTE: OUR ARPT HAS THE TXWY UNDER CONSTRUCTION SO BACK TAXIING IS NECESSARY FOR DEP.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.