PLT OF AA5 HAS TO ABORT TKOF AND EXIT RWY AT UKT WHEN C182 TAKES OFF OPPOSITE DIRECTION DESPITE ANNOUNCEMENT ON CTAF.

Date: 2005-09 · Aircraft: Cheetah; Tiger; Traveler AA5 Series · Phase: takeoff

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|conflict-ground-conflict|critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|ground-event-encounter-other-unknown

Synopsis

PLT OF AA5 HAS TO ABORT TKOF AND EXIT RWY AT UKT WHEN C182 TAKES OFF OPPOSITE DIRECTION DESPITE ANNOUNCEMENT ON CTAF.

Narrative

WIND WAS FROM THE SE (APPROX 160 DEGS/10 KTS) AT UKT. I ANNOUNCED ON CTAF THAT I WAS TAXIING ONTO RWY 11 FOR DEP. AFTER TAXIING ONTO RWY 11 AND STARTING TKOF ROLL; A C182 ANNOUNCED ON CTAF THAT HE WAS TAKING RWY 29 FOR DEP. I IMMEDIATELY TOLD HIM TO HOLD HIS POS AS I HAD ALREADY STARTED MY TKOF ROLL ON RWY 11. HE DID NOT RESPOND AND CONTINUED TO TAXI ONTO RWY 29; AT WHICH POINT I IMMEDIATELY ABORTED MY TKOF. AS I CAME TO A STOP; I NOTICED THAT HE WAS STARTING HIS TKOF ROLL. I MADE AN IMMEDIATE 180 DEG TURN ON THE RWY AND EXITED AT THE NEAREST TXWY; WHICH WAS BEHIND ME. I TAXIED CLR OF THE RWY AND MADE A 10 DEG TURN TO FACE THE RWY. AS I TURNED AROUND; I COULD SEE THAT HE WAS AIRBORNE. HE PASSED APPROX 100 FT ABOVE ME AND APPROX 50 FT AWAY FROM ME LATERALLY. I QUERIED HIM ON THE CTAF IF HE HAD SEEN ME OR HEARD MY RADIO XMISSIONS. HIS RESPONSE WAS THAT HE HAD NOT. WHEN I INFORMED HIM THAT HE HAD CREATED A CONFLICT; HE SEEMED INDIGNANT; AS THOUGH HE HAD NOT DONE ANYTHING WRONG. I ALSO INFORMED HIM THAT TAKING OFF DOWNWIND WAS NOT A SAFE PROC. HIS RESPONSE WAS THAT IT WAS HIS PREROGATIVE AS THE PIC TO TAKE OFF DOWNWIND. I FEEL THAT THE PIC OF THE C182 WAS ACTING IN A CARELESS MANNER. HE EITHER WAS NOT LISTENING TO THE CTAF OR CHOSE TO DISREGARD THE FACT THAT ANOTHER ACFT HAD ALREADY BEGUN A TKOF IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT BY CHOOSING TO TAKE OFF DOWNWIND; HE CREATED A POTENTIAL COLLISION CONFLICT BY OPPOSING THE PREVAILING FLOW OF ARPT TFC.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.