PIPER PILOT ON CFII CHECK RIDE REPORTS NMAC WITH BEECHCRAFT AT 300 FEET AS THE HOOD IS REMOVED AT LOC MDA.

Date: 2008-09 · Aircraft: Piper Aircraft Corp Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: approach

Anomalies: conflict-nmac|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far

Synopsis

PIPER PILOT ON CFII CHECK RIDE REPORTS NMAC WITH BEECHCRAFT AT 300 FEET AS THE HOOD IS REMOVED AT LOC MDA.

Narrative

ACFT X ON INST CFI CHK RIDE. ACFT Y APCHING FIELD FROM SW. BOTH ACFT UP ON CTAF. ACFT X HAD CALLED ESTABLISHED ON LOC APCH; ACFT Y RPTED SW OF FIELD. ACFT X CALLED FAF INBOUND. AT APPROX 1.3 MI FROM RWY; ACFT X PF REMOVED INSTRUMENT VISOR AND TRANSITIONED TO VISUAL LNDG APCH. APPROX 5-6 SECONDS LATER ACFT X PF DETECTED ACFT Y SLIGHTLY AHEAD AND TO THE L; BELLY-UP TO ACFT X. ACFT X INITIATED R TURN AND WAVE-OFF TO DECONFLICT. RECOMMENDATIONS: VFR SEE-AND-AVOID FAILURE BY BOTH ACFT. ACFT X COULD HAVE MADE ADDITIONAL CALLS ON FINAL. FLT EXAMINER IN L SEAT OF ACFT X NEEDED TO MORE CAREFULLY CLEAR FLT PATH. PF OF ACFT X NEEDED TO IMMEDIATELY ASSUME VISUAL CLRNC EFFORTS AS SOON AS HOOD REMOVED. BOTH ACFT NEEDED TO MORE EFFECTIVELY USE RADIOS TO DECONFLICT. ACFT Y FAILED TO CLEAR FINAL APCH CORRIDOR BEFORE TURNING FINAL. INCIDENT BRIEFED TO FLT SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS AND CHIEF PLT TO INCORPORATE LESSONS LEARNED. ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT ACFT Y PLT ON DECK AT ZZZ. WHILE AIRBORNE QUERIED ACFT Y PLT AND WAS INFORMED THAT ACFT Y PLT NEVER SAW ACFT X.

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