BE95 DEP FROM MCC EXPERIENCED CONFLICT WITH OPPOSITE DIRECTION LNDG TFC.
Synopsis
BE95 DEP FROM MCC EXPERIENCED CONFLICT WITH OPPOSITE DIRECTION LNDG TFC.
Narrative
AFTER RECEIVING WX ON AWOS; WIND 170 DEGS/5 KTS; DENSITY ALT 1800 FT; AND OBSERVING WINDSOCK; I STARTED ENGS AT MCCLELLAN FOR DEP AT RWY 16. I ANNOUNCED ON THE RADIO: 'ANY TFC IN AREA?' A CESSNA RPTED 4 MI E WOULD BE ENTERING L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 16. THEN A GULFSTREAM RPTED 13 MI FINAL FOR RWY 34 AND ANY TFC IN VICINITY. I ADVISED THAT I WAS TAXIING FOR RWY 16 DEP. THE CESSNA SAID HE WOULD SLOW DOWN AND LET THE JET GO FIRST. THE JET RPTED THAT HE WAS ON A 9 MI FINAL FOR RWY 34. A CESSNA CITATION RPTED HE WOULD BE OVERFLYING THE FIELD AT 3000 FT. THE JET RPTED 6 MI FINAL FOR RWY 34. AS I APCHED THE DEP END AND RWY 16; I INQUIRED ON THE GULFSTREAM'S POS. HE SAID SHORT FINAL. I ADVISED THAT I WOULD BE DEPARTING RWY 16 AFTER THE GULFSTREAM CLRED RWY 34. AS GULFSTREAM TAXIED OFF RWY; I TAXIED ONTO RWY 16. AT THAT TIME THE CESSNA RPTED A 1 1/2 MI FINAL. I ADVISED DEPARTING RWY 16 AND HALFWAY THROUGH MY TKOF ROLL; GULFSTREAM SAID THE CESSNA WAS ON SHORT FINAL. AS I ROTATED; I ADVISED I WOULD CLR TO THE L OF THE CTRLINE TO PREVENT A CONFLICT. AT THAT TIME; THE GULFSTREAM SAID THE CESSNA WAS OVER THE NUMBERS AND THAT 'THAT WAS STUPID.' I ADVISED TO THE GULFSTREAM HE SHOULD REVIEW THE AIRMEN'S INFO MANUAL ON PROCS FOR UNCTLED ARPTS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT STRAIGHT-IN APCHS. AS I WAS CLBING THROUGH 800 FT AGL I OBSERVED CESSNA ON RWY 34. MCCLELLAN IS 10600 FT LONG; I WAS DEPARTING WITH MY LNDG LIGHTS ON. THE CESSNA NEVER SAID HE WAS CHANGING RWYS TO RWY 34 OR ON DOWNWIND BASE OR FINAL. HIS 1 1/2 MI CALL ON FINAL DID NOT SPECIFY RWY. BOTH ACFT WERE MORE THAN 1 MI APART AT THE CLOSEST. I THINK PROCS IN THE AIM AND INSTRUCTOR TRAINING SHOULD EMPHASIZE NOT STRAIGHT-IN APCHS TO UNCTLED FIELDS WHEN TFC IN VICINITY.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.