AN ACFT DEPARTS SNA WITH AN IMMEDIATE TURN RESULTING IN ANOTHER ACFT BEING OVERFLOWN BY 50 FT.
Synopsis
AN ACFT DEPARTS SNA WITH AN IMMEDIATE TURN RESULTING IN ANOTHER ACFT BEING OVERFLOWN BY 50 FT.
Narrative
I EXPERIENCED AN NMAC WHILE OPERATING AS A FLT INSTRUCTOR CHKING OUT ANOTHER INSTRUCTOR IN AN ACFT. THE NMAC OCCURRED WHILE I WAS PERFORMING AN ENG RUN-UP IN ACFT #1 AT THE MIDFIELD RUN-UP AREA AT SNA. THE MIDFIELD RUN-UP IS LOCATED JUST E OF THE DEP END OF RWY 19L. ACFT #1 WAS PARKED ON A HDG OF APPROX 010 DEGS WITH RWY 14/19L IN FULL VIEW OVER THE NOSE. I FIRST NOTIFIED ACFT #2 JUST AFTER IT HAD LIFTED OFF FROM RWY 19L. ACFT #2 TURNED TO THE L IMMEDIATELY AFTER LIFTOFF AND FLEW DIRECTLY AT ACFT #1. ACFT #2 THEN FLEW OVER ACFT #1 AT AN ALT OF LESS THAN 50 FT. MY STUDENT AND I ESTIMATE THE ALT OF ACFT #2 TO HAVE BEEN EQUAL TO 1 WINGSPAN JUST BEFORE IT FLEW OVERHEAD. THE CEILING IN ACFT #1 IS TRANSPARENT; AND I COULD MAKE OUT PART OF THE CALL SIGN OF ACFT #2. I COULD ALSO MAKE OUT A SYMBOL PAINTED ON THE VERT STABILIZER. THE SOUND OF ACFT #2'S ENG WAS ALSO CLRLY HEARD OVER THE ENG NOISE IN ACFT #1; WHICH WAS AT 1000 RPM AT THE TIME. HOW THE PROB AROSE: ACFT #2 WAS PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LNDGS; THEY DID NOT LIFT OFF OF THE RWY UNTIL APPROX 500 FT SHORT OF THE END OF THE RWY; THIS ACCOUNTS FOR THE VERY LOW ALT. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: ACFT #2 TURNED L BEFORE REACHING A SAFE ALT. IT IS STANDARD PROC AT SNA TO OFFSET THE UPWIND 15 DEGS TO THE L; HOWEVER; THIS SHOULD BE DONE ONLY AFTER REACHING A SAFE ALT TO CLR OBSTACLES; AND OTHER ACFT BY A SAFE DISTANCE. HOW IT WAS DISCOVERED: I HAVE SEEN ACFT #2 MAKE THE L TURN IMMEDIATELY AFTER TKOF SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS; BUT I WAS NEVER UNDER THEIR FLT PATH BEFORE. IN THIS CASE; I WAS DIRECTLY UNDER ACFT #2 AND I FELT THAT THEIR ACTIONS PUT ME AT RISK. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: ACFT #2 IS USED FOR FLT INSTRUCTION BY ONE FLT INSTRUCTOR. THIS FLT INSTRUCTOR NEEDS TO BE INFORMED THAT THIS TYPE OF FLYING NOT ONLY PUTS HIS STUDENTS AT RISK; BUT IT PUTS PLTS AND PAX OF OTHER ACFT AT RISK AS WELL. THESE OTHER ACFT INCLUDE THE AIRLINERS THAT TAXI DOWN THE TXWY A JUST BEHIND THE MIDFIELD RUN-UP.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.