Pilot on short final reports a near midair collision with a PA28 departing opposite direction and pa...

Attributes
ACN	1078902
Time
Date	201304
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	E80.Airport
State Reference	NM
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-30 Twin Comanche
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 17.7 Flight Crew Total 4171.4 Flight Crew Type 1783.6
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Vertical 400

Narrative:

Landing on runway 21 at E80; the AWOS 'preferred runway'. On short final; I saw an airplane departing runway 3; but had not heard it on CTAF. It was above me and climbing. My rapid descent provided added clearance; but still a near miss. E80 uses a CTAF frequency different than other local airports. In the past; some arrivals have not changed to the correct frequency. We were not on the same frequency. I had not adequately screened the airport for other aircraft. In future: monitor other CTAF's and do a more thorough over flight before landing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot on short final reports a NMAC with a PA28 departing opposite direction and passing overhead.

Narrative: Landing on Runway 21 at E80; the AWOS 'preferred runway'. On short final; I saw an airplane departing Runway 3; but had not heard it on CTAF. It was above me and climbing. My rapid descent provided added clearance; but still a near miss. E80 uses a CTAF frequency different than other local airports. In the past; some arrivals have not changed to the correct frequency. We were not on the same frequency. I had not adequately screened the airport for other aircraft. In future: monitor other CTAF's and do a more thorough over flight before landing.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Pilot on short final reports a near midair collision with a PA28 departing opposite direction and passing overhead.