LIGHT TWIN PILOT DEPARTING AJO REPORTS BEING ACCUSED OF BUZZING A PREVIOUS DEPARTURE WHILE CLIMBING OUT TO THE WEST.

Date: 2008-09 · Aircraft: Small Aircraft; Low Wing; 2 Eng; Retractable Gear · Phase: climb

Anomalies: conflict-airborne-conflict

Synopsis

LIGHT TWIN PILOT DEPARTING AJO REPORTS BEING ACCUSED OF BUZZING A PREVIOUS DEPARTURE WHILE CLIMBING OUT TO THE WEST.

Narrative

I PERFORMED MY RUN-UP NEXT TO; AND TOOK OFF AFTER THE SUBJECT ACFT WITH A SHORT DELAY FOR A HELI DEP. I CLBED OUT TO THE W AND DID NOT SEE THE ACFT UNTIL HE RPTED ON THE AJO ADVISORY FREQ OVER PRADO DAM; A LCL LANDMARK. THIS PLACED HIM ON MY R JUST AHEAD AND ABOVE MY ALT. SINCE THERE WERE 2 ACFT APCHING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ON MY L; IT PLACED ME BTWN HIM AND THE APCHING PLANES. I ANNOUNCED ON THE ADVISORY FREQ THAT I WOULD BE PASSING HIM LOW AND TO HIS L. I STOPPED MY CLB SO AS TO NOT BE AT HIS ALT AND PASSED HIM AT APPROX 1/4 MI TO HIS L. I FELT THIS WAS A SAFE SITUATION; BUT WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO HAVE GIVEN HIM A WIDER BERTH. INDEED; I WOULD HAVE PASSED HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE HAD I SEEN HIM SOONER. QUITE A FEW MINS AFTER I PASSED HIM; HE CAME ON THE FREQ AND ACCUSED ME OF GIVING HIM A 'BUZZ JOB.' I THOUGHT HE WAS BEING OVERLY SENSITIVE; BUT DIDN'T WISH TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE FURTHER ON THE ADVISORY FREQ. I MUST CREDIT HIM FOR THE POS RPT WHICH HELPED ME LOCATE HIM. THIS AREA IS A VERY HIGH DENSITY FUNNEL FOR VFR ACFT AND IT DEMANDS DILIGENCE. FOR ME; THIS POINTED OUT THE NEED FOR POS RPTING IN THESE HVY TFC AREAS. PERHAPS A COMMON FREQ; SUCH AS THAT USED IN THE PRACTICE AREAS; WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.

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