C150 TAXIING FOR INTXN DEP ON RWY 34 AT PVD ENTERED DEP END OF RWY AS ACR WAS LIFTING OFF SAME RWY AND OVERFLEW HIS ACFT.
Synopsis
C150 TAXIING FOR INTXN DEP ON RWY 34 AT PVD ENTERED DEP END OF RWY AS ACR WAS LIFTING OFF SAME RWY AND OVERFLEW HIS ACFT.
Narrative
AFTER RECEIVING MY CLRNC FROM CLRNC DELIVERY; I CONTACTED THE GND CTLR FOR TAXI INSTRUCTIONS. I INFORMED THE CTLR THAT I HAD MY CLRNC AND THE ATIS AND I WAS READY FOR TAXI FROM THE NW RAMP. THE CTLR ADVISED ME THAT HE COULD GIVE ME AN INTXN DEP OF TXWY M AND RWY 34; I RESPONDED THAT WOULD BE FINE. THE CTLR THEN CLRED ME TO TAXI; THE CLRNC AS I REMEMBER IT WAS 'CLRED TO TAXI RWY 34 INTXN DEP AT MIKE.' I REPEATED THE CLRNC BACK TO THE CTLR. THE END OF RWY 34/16 IS RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE GA RAMP; SO I TURNED ONTO RWY 34/16 AND BEGAN TAXIING TOWARDS TXWY MIKE; AS THIS WAS WHAT I UNDERSTOOD TO BE MY CLRNC. THE SUN WAS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME SO MY VISIBILITY WAS VERY POOR. AS I TAXIED DOWN THE RWY; I BEGAN TO NOTICE AN OBJECT IN FRONT OF ME; WHICH APPEARED TO BE AT THE OTHER END OF THE RWY. I DID NOT REALIZE WHAT IT WAS UNTIL IT ROTATED A FEW HUNDRED FT IN FRONT OF ME. AS SOON AS I REALIZED WHAT IT WAS; I QUICKLY TURNED OFF ONTO THE TXWY TO MY IMMEDIATE L; WHICH I BELIEVE WAS TXWY VICTOR. THE AIRLINER ROTATED AND CLBED OUT OVER ME WITHOUT INCIDENT. I CALLED GND AND ASKED HIM 'GND; ACFT X; VERIFY WE ARE CLRED TO TXWY ON RWY 34 TO THE INTXN MIKE?' THE CTLR RESPONDED BY SAYING; 'YES; TXWY MIKE IS THE NEXT TXWY UP ON YOUR L; YOU CAN BACK TAXI IF YOU NEED TO POS FOR TKOF.' HE NEVER MENTIONED THE NEAR MISS I JUST EXPERIENCED WITH THE AIRLINER. I CONTINUED TAXIING ON THE RWY AND POSITIONED MYSELF FOR TKOF AT THE INTXN WITH TXWY MIKE. I CONTACTED TWR FOR TKOF CLRNC; AND HE ALSO SAID NOTHING OF THE INCIDENT. HE CLRED ME TO TKOF AND FLY THE RWY HDG. ONCE AIRBORNE HE TOLD ME TO CONTACT THE DEP CTLR; WHICH I DID. I CONTINUED THE FLT; PERFORMED THE TFC RPTING OVER THE CITY OF PROVIDENCE; AND THEN LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. ONCE BACK AT THE HANGAR; I CALLED THE TWR; ON MY OWN ACCORD. THEY TOOK DOWN MY NAME AND NUMBER AND TOLD ME THEY WOULD SUBMIT IT TO Q&A AND GET BACK TO ME. A FEW HRS LATER THE MGR OF OPS FROM THE TWR CALLED ME BACK AND INFORMED ME THAT UNTIL I HAD CALLED TO ASK ABOUT THE INCIDENT THEY WERE UNAWARE IT HAD HAPPENED. HE THEN TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE STILL INTERVIEWING THE CTLRS THAT WERE ON DUTY AT THE TIME AND REVIEWING THE TAPES; AND HE WOULD GET BACK TO ME WHEN HE HAD MORE INFO. HE SAID THAT AT THE MOMENT IT LOOKED LIKE A PLT DIVERSION AND A POSSIBLE RWY INCURSION; HE NEVER SPECIFIED WHICH PLT WAS RESPONSIBLE OR TO BLAME.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.