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BE20 pilot reported a critical ground conflict after a powered parachute taxied onto the runway while they were on final.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1542095 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201805 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Super King Air 200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Ultralight |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 4700 Flight Crew Type 650 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Incursion Runway Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 0 Vertical 10 |
Narrative:
[We were] on short final with landing; taxi; recognition and strobe lights on when I saw what I thought was an airport maintenance vehicle stopped near hold short line at the approach end of runway xx. I had made traffic calls in the pattern and assumed the vehicle was holding for us to land. As we were on very short final; I noticed the vehicle begin to move but saw we would have vertical clearance if it did cross the approach end of the runway. However; as the vehicle began to move; its parachute/parasail began to inflate and rise into our path. At this point; the pilot flying took evasive action and our starboard wing passed just over the top of the parachute. The other aircraft proceeded to take off as if nothing had happened.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BE20 pilot reported a critical ground conflict after a powered parachute taxied onto the runway while they were on final.
Narrative: [We were] on short final with landing; taxi; recognition and strobe lights on when I saw what I thought was an airport maintenance vehicle stopped near hold short line at the approach end of runway XX. I had made traffic calls in the pattern and assumed the vehicle was holding for us to land. As we were on very short final; I noticed the vehicle begin to move but saw we would have vertical clearance if it did cross the approach end of the runway. However; as the vehicle began to move; its parachute/parasail began to inflate and rise into our path. At this point; the pilot flying took evasive action and our starboard wing passed just over the top of the parachute. The other aircraft proceeded to take off as if nothing had happened.
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.