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An instructor pilot saw a crop duster taking of opposite direction on CTAF gaf runway 17 and so had his student execute a go-around to avoid the aircraft. The winds were 360°/17 kts and three aircraft in the runway 36 pattern communicating on CTAF frequency. The crop dusting pilot was not communicating.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1361814 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201606 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | GAF.Airport |
| State Reference | ND |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 137 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Air/Ground Communication |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 55 Flight Crew Total 295 Flight Crew Type 275 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 1000 |
Narrative:
Winds were 360 at 16 kts. While turning from base to short final to runway 35 during a power-off 180 accuracy approach; I noticed a yellow crop-duster more than halfway down the runway in a takeoff roll coming right at us using runway 17. I instructed the student to perform a go-around and then kindly urged the crop-duster to use the active runway on the radio. In addition to taking off with a 16 knot tailwind he also took off on the opposite runway while two [other aircraft] were in the pattern for runway 35; and did not make any traffic calls.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An instructor pilot saw a crop duster taking of opposite direction on CTAF GAF Runway 17 and so had his student execute a go-around to avoid the aircraft. The winds were 360°/17 kts and three aircraft in the Runway 36 pattern communicating on CTAF frequency. The crop dusting pilot was not communicating.
Narrative: Winds were 360 at 16 kts. While turning from base to short final to runway 35 during a power-off 180 accuracy approach; I noticed a yellow crop-duster more than halfway down the runway in a takeoff roll coming right at us using runway 17. I instructed the student to perform a go-around and then kindly urged the crop-duster to use the active runway on the radio. In addition to taking off with a 16 knot tailwind he also took off on the opposite runway while two [other aircraft] were in the pattern for runway 35; and did not make any traffic calls.
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.