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Be-20 captain reported critical ground conflict during landing flare with a powered parachute departing without departure radio transmissions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1542072 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201805 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Super King Air 200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Amateur/Home Built/Experimental |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 55 Flight Crew Total 9700 Flight Crew Type 19000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural FAR Ground Incursion Runway |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 4 Vertical 4 |
Narrative:
On final approach; as I started to slow to ref speed on glide path and only a few hundred feet from the approach end I noticed a vehicle on the end taxiway approaching the runway but not encroaching. At this point I knew there would be no conflict even if the vehicle encroached on the runway. I assumed it was a maintenance vehicle of some source. Just as the end of the runway was coming up and before my vision was blocked to the right by the right nacelle I saw the vehicle moving. I put a little back pressure on the yoke even though I knew I had plenty of room if the vehicle did encroach. At no time did I think there was a clearance issue. Just as I crossed the end of the runway a bright blue parachute billowed up in front of the right wing. I banked the airplane hard to the left and avoided a collision. After righting the airplane I made an uneventful landing on the runway. The powered parachute did not taxi back in but instead took off and flew locally for 15-20 minutes. I confronted the pilot when he taxied in. He said he heard our radio call but did not see us. Our king air had all 3 landing lights; strobes; and recognition lights burning.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BE-20 Captain reported critical ground conflict during landing flare with a powered parachute departing without departure radio transmissions.
Narrative: On final approach; as I started to slow to ref speed on glide path and only a few hundred feet from the approach end I noticed a vehicle on the end taxiway approaching the runway but not encroaching. At this point I knew there would be no conflict even if the vehicle encroached on the runway. I assumed it was a maintenance vehicle of some source. Just as the end of the runway was coming up and before my vision was blocked to the right by the right nacelle I saw the vehicle moving. I put a little back pressure on the yoke even though I knew I had plenty of room if the vehicle did encroach. At no time did I think there was a clearance issue. Just as I crossed the end of the runway a bright blue parachute billowed up in front of the right wing. I banked the airplane hard to the left and avoided a collision. After righting the airplane I made an uneventful landing on the runway. The powered parachute did not taxi back in but instead took off and flew locally for 15-20 minutes. I confronted the pilot when he taxied in. He said he heard our radio call but did not see us. Our King Air had all 3 landing lights; strobes; and recognition lights burning.
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.