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F18 pilot experiences a near midair collision with another F18 at nfl after an attempted arrested landing on runway 25; with an F18 landing runway 31L. The tower attempted to send the other F18 around using the wrong callsign then sent the reporter around. The other F18 pilot; realizing the conflict; executed his own go around.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1223664 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201412 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | NFL.Airport |
| State Reference | NV |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | F/A 18 Hornet/Super Hornet |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | F/A 18 Hornet/Super Hornet |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 2000 Flight Crew Type 800 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 1000 Vertical 200 |
Narrative:
I experienced an anti-skid issue in conjunction with possible hydraulic complications. I elected to make a short-field arrested landing to the off duty runway (R25). Runway 25 intersects the primary arrival and departure runways (R31L/R31R). While on approach to runway 25 for the arrestment; 8 other aircraft were inbound to the field following a training evolution. Due to traffic pattern saturation; the tower cleared myself and another aircraft (F/a-18E) to land at the same time; myself on R25 and the super hornet on R31L. The tower; realizing the developing situation; attempted to wave-off the arriving aircraft to R31L; but used another aircraft's call sign that was in the traffic pattern. The super hornet; now seeing constant bearing and decreasing range elected to take his own wave-off to avoid a collision. Simultaneously; the tower waived myself off which resulted in a near mid-air. Due to my focus on the arrestment; I did not gain sight of the super hornet until very late. As I took my wave off; I saw the jet pass under my aircraft by 200 feet.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: F18 pilot experiences a NMAC with another F18 at NFL after an attempted arrested landing on Runway 25; with an F18 landing Runway 31L. The Tower attempted to send the other F18 around using the wrong callsign then sent the reporter around. The other F18 pilot; realizing the conflict; executed his own go around.
Narrative: I experienced an Anti-Skid issue in conjunction with possible Hydraulic complications. I elected to make a short-field arrested landing to the off duty runway (R25). Runway 25 intersects the primary arrival and departure runways (R31L/R31R). While on approach to runway 25 for the arrestment; 8 other aircraft were inbound to the field following a training evolution. Due to traffic pattern saturation; the tower cleared myself and another aircraft (F/A-18E) to land at the same time; myself on R25 and the Super Hornet on R31L. The tower; realizing the developing situation; attempted to wave-off the arriving aircraft to R31L; but used another aircraft's call sign that was in the traffic pattern. The Super Hornet; now seeing constant bearing and decreasing range elected to take his own wave-off to avoid a collision. Simultaneously; the tower waived myself off which resulted in a near mid-air. Due to my focus on the arrestment; I did not gain sight of the super hornet until very late. As I took my wave off; I saw the jet pass under my aircraft by 200 Feet.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.