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C140 pilot reported continuing to a land even though the preceding aircraft had not cleared the runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1400527 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201610 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | AVQ.Airport |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 140 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 5 Flight Crew Total 70 Flight Crew Type 70 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Incursion Runway |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 4000 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
I turned to follow another aircraft into avq. Both aircraft followed the normal pattern and maintained sufficient separation while in the pattern. Upon landing; the leading aircraft did not clear runway 30 (6900 feet long) as quickly as anticipated; but was over 4000 feet down the runway. Due to the runway length; the leading aircraft could still have decided to takeoff. Considering the horizontal separation of about 4000 feet and the presence of other aircraft in the area; I elected to proceed with my landing even though the leading aircraft had not cleared the runway. This was a judgement call to maintain thousands of feet of separation where a go-around would have reduced the separation to hundreds of feet. The leading aircraft turned off the runway and I executed a stop-and-go without incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C140 pilot reported continuing to a land even though the preceding aircraft had not cleared the runway.
Narrative: I turned to follow another aircraft into AVQ. Both aircraft followed the normal pattern and maintained sufficient separation while in the pattern. Upon landing; the leading aircraft did not clear runway 30 (6900 feet long) as quickly as anticipated; but was over 4000 feet down the runway. Due to the runway length; the leading aircraft could still have decided to takeoff. Considering the horizontal separation of about 4000 feet and the presence of other aircraft in the area; I elected to proceed with my landing even though the leading aircraft had not cleared the runway. This was a judgement call to maintain thousands of feet of separation where a go-around would have reduced the separation to hundreds of feet. The leading aircraft turned off the runway and I executed a stop-and-go without incident.
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.