PC12 PLT EXPERIENCES NMAC WITH ANOTHER ACFT AT AN UNCONTROLLED ARPT. LATER DISCOVERS INCORRECT CTAF FREQUENCY TUNED.
Synopsis
PC12 PLT EXPERIENCES NMAC WITH ANOTHER ACFT AT AN UNCONTROLLED ARPT. LATER DISCOVERS INCORRECT CTAF FREQUENCY TUNED.
Narrative
I WAS ROLLING OUT ON A 2 MI FINAL APCH TO RWY 16 AT BMC; WHEN THE TAS ALERTED; JUST AS I SAW A TWIN ENG ACFT APCHING NEARLY HEAD ON. I WAS NOT SURE IF IT HAD TAKEN OFF ON RWY 34 AT BMC; OR HAD JUST OVER-FLOWN IT. THE ACFT PASSED OFF MY L WING; CLBING. I HAD ANNOUNCED MY POS SEVERAL TIMES INBOUND TO THE ARPT; AFTER CANCELING MY IFR CLRNC ABOUT 20 MI OUT; BUT HEARD NO OTHER RADIO TFC ON CTAF FOR BMC; OTHER THAN A HELI; BUT I COULD NOT DETERMINE WHICH ARPT IT WAS AT. DURING ROLLOUT; I HEARD A RADIO CALL TO A 'MALIBU' LNDG AT BMC ON RWY 16; APPARENTLY FROM THE TWIN I HAD SEEN; ASKING IF IT WAS ON THE RIGHT FREQ AND IF IT HAD SEEN THE TWIN. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOR THE PILATUS I WAS FLYING. I RECHKED MY RADIO FREQ AND FOUND THAT I HAD DIALED IN 123.00 FOR CTAF; INSTEAD OF THE PUBLISHED 123.05. CONSEQUENTLY; NO ONE AT BMC HAD HEARD MY RADIO CALLS; NOR HAD I HEARD THEIRS. BIG ERROR ON MY PART; WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DISASTER. THE TAS WARNING WAS A GOOD HEADS UP. NEITHER ACFT TOOK EVASIVE ACTION. I WILL CERTAINLY TAKE PAINS TO DOUBLE/TRIPLE CHK RADIO FREQS IN THE FUTURE.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.