C150 PLT CONDUCTING NIGHT OPS AT OXC TAKES PRECAUTIONARY EVASIVE ACTION IN LNDG ROLL FOR A GLF4 EXECUTING AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION GAR. PLT IRRITATED BECAUSE GLF4 HAS NOT MADE STANDARD CTAF APCH RPTS.
Synopsis
C150 PLT CONDUCTING NIGHT OPS AT OXC TAKES PRECAUTIONARY EVASIVE ACTION IN LNDG ROLL FOR A GLF4 EXECUTING AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION GAR. PLT IRRITATED BECAUSE GLF4 HAS NOT MADE STANDARD CTAF APCH RPTS.
Narrative
I AND ANOTHER ACFT (A C172) WERE IN THE TFC PATTERN FOR RWY 36 AT WATERBURY-OXFORD ARPT (OXC) PRACTICING NIGHT LNDGS. THE STANDARD CALM WIND RWY AT OXC IS RWY 36 WITH L TFC. ON MY LAST CIRCUIT OF THE TFC PATTERN; WHILE ON SHORT FINAL (ABOUT 1/2 MI AND 500 FT AGL); WITH THE C172 BEHIND ME ON BASE LEG; I OBSERVED LNDG LIGHTS IN THE DISTANCE. THE LIGHTS APPEARED TO BE ABOUT 3 MI N. TO THIS POINT; I RECEIVED NO COMS FROM THE INBOUND ACFT ON THE CTAF; BUT WAS HEARING THE C172 CLRLY. I RECOGNIZED THE LIGHT PATTERN AS THAT OF A TURBINE ACFT; OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY BASED AT OXC. AS I APCHED THE RWY THRESHOLD I BECAME CONCERNED THAT THE TURBINE TFC WAS GOING TO LAND ON THE OPPOSING RWY 18. UPON TOUCHING DOWN; I MANEUVERED TO THE FAR R SIDE OF THE RWY SHOULD THE JET ACTUALLY LAND. A GAR WAS CONSIDERED; BUT NOT EXECUTED DUE TO MY LOW ALT; THE POSSIBILITY OF WAKE TURB FROM THE TURBINE ACFT AND NUMEROUS HANGARS AND TERRAIN E OF THE RWY. AFTER APPROX 500 FT OF ROLLOUT; I OBSERVED THE TURBINE ACFT MAKING A R TURN TO THE W AT APPROX 800 FT AGL. DURING THE ENTIRE INCIDENT; MY LNDG LIGHTS WERE ON. TO THIS POINT; I HAD NOT HEARD ONE SINGLE RADIO XMISSION FROM THE TURBINE ACFT. I KNOW MY RADIO WAS WORKING BECAUSE I TALKED TO THE TWR GND CTLR 2 TO 3 MINS BEFORE THE TWR CLOSED. I ALSO HEARD THE TWR SIGN OFF. MY ACFT AND THE C172 WERE MAKING THE STANDARD LOCATION CALLS TO AREA TFC FOR NEARLY 30 MINS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. I BELIEVE THE CAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT TO BE LACK OF COM ON THE PART OF THE TURBINE ACFT AND LACK OF RESPECT TO UNDERSTANDING OXC PROCS. ANOTHER POSSIBLE EXPLANATION COULD BE AN APCH TO OXC WAS BEGUN WHILE INTENDING TO LAND ELSEWHERE. WHILE SECURING MY PLANE; I WAS VERY IRRITATED WITH THE FACT THAT TURBINE ACFT BASED AT OXC HAVE DONE THIS IN THE PAST. TO ADD INSULT; ANOTHER TURBINE ACFT DEPARTED RWY 18 AGAINST THE CALM WIND PROCS THAT ALSO HAPPEN TO BE THERE FOR NOISE ABATEMENT. GUESS WHO GETS THE ANGRY NEIGHBORS CALLING? HINT: NOT THE JET JOCKEYS. AT THIS POINT; I WAS REALLY AGGRAVATED AND OBTAINED THE REGISTRATION NUMBERS OF BOTH THE INCIDENT AND DEPARTING ACFT. THE SUSPECT ACFT LANDED APPROX 10 MINS AFTER TURNING W. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OPERATING CTL TWR HAS ELIMINATED MANY OF THESE INCIDENTS; BUT IS OF NO USE AFTER HRS. I STRONGLY URGE THE FAA/FSDO TO LOOK INTO TURBINE ACFT OPS AT OXC. MAYBE THE TWR HRS NEED TO BE EXTENDED UNTIL XA00 LCL.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.