PA28 AND SW4 HAVE NMAC ON APCH TO DIVERGING RWYS AT SLC.

Date: 2008-10 · Aircraft: PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior · Phase: approach

Anomalies: conflict-nmac

Synopsis

PA28 AND SW4 HAVE NMAC ON APCH TO DIVERGING RWYS AT SLC.

Narrative

UPON RECEIVING LNDG CLRNC FROM SLC TWR; MYSELF AND MY STUDENT LINED UP FOR FINAL APPROX 2 MI FROM RWY 35. WE THEN HEARD THE TWR CLR THE METROLINER FOR LNDG RWY 32 BEHIND OUR ACFT. AS THE FLT PROGRESSED; I NOTICED THE METROLINER TURNING BASE FOR RWY 32; APPROX 1 MI E OF OUR POS. AS THE LNDG LIGHTS OF THE METROLINER GOT BRIGHTER; WITH NO RELATIVE MOTION TO OUR ACFT. I QUERIED THE TWR WHO RESPONDED SAYING; 'THEY ARE LNDG BEHIND YOU.' WE CONTINUED OUR DSCNT AND THE METROLINER CONTINUED INBOUND OFF OUR R WING. MY STUDENT GAVE ME CTL OF THE ACFT AND I TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TURNING TO PARALLEL RWY 32 WHICH WAS THE METROLINER'S LNDG RWY. AT THAT POINT; WE WERE APPROX 100 FT AGL AND THE METROLINER WAS 100 FT TO OUR R AND 50 FT ABOVE. AT THAT MOMENT THE METROLINER PITCHED UP AND I CALLED ON THE RADIO THAT HE WAS GOING AROUND. THE METROLINER CROSSED ABOVE OUR ACFT AND MADE A RADIO CALL STATING THAT HE WAS NOT GOING AROUND AND CONTINUED HIS LNDG. I THEN LINED UP OUR ACFT WITH RWY 35 AND HANDED THE CTLS BACK TO MY STUDENT. WE LANDED SAFELY AND THE TWR INSTRUCTED US TO CONTACT GND. THE METROLINER INDICATED OVER THE RADIO THAT HE HAD LOST OUR ACFT IN THE GND CLUTTER AND THE TWR STATED THAT THE METROLINER HAD PROBABLY SCARED US.

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