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Small aircraft pilot at a non towered airport reported two other aircraft were making non standard right traffic patterns and not communicating on the appropriate frequency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1593518 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201811 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PIL.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 6000 Flight Crew Type 200 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Aircraft X entered the left traffic pattern. Two [small transports] were in the pattern. Aircraft X announced downwind airspeed of 80 knots. Twice during multiple approaches aircraft Y initiated right traffic patterns. Aircraft X did announce 'standard pattern to left;' with no response. Once aircraft Z was on a right base almost at the same time aircraft X was about to make a left base. AC-90-66B clearly states left hand traffic pattern is standard. This is the second time this conflict has happened. I understand [these aircraft] have a training requirement for right patterns. Training requirements do not trump fars at non-government airports. A NASA ASR was submitted about a year ago for the same conflict. A nearby airport has two runways that require right traffic patterns. The event noted resulted in head-on situations resulting from non-standard pattern and standard left pattern operations.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Small aircraft pilot at a non towered airport reported two other aircraft were making non standard right traffic patterns and not communicating on the appropriate frequency.
Narrative: Aircraft X entered the left traffic pattern. Two [Small Transports] were in the pattern. Aircraft X announced downwind airspeed of 80 Knots. Twice during multiple approaches Aircraft Y initiated right traffic patterns. Aircraft X did announce 'Standard Pattern to Left;' with no response. Once Aircraft Z was on a right base almost at the same time Aircraft X was about to make a left base. AC-90-66B clearly states left hand traffic pattern is standard. This is the second time this conflict has happened. I understand [these aircraft] have a training requirement for right patterns. Training requirements do not trump FARs at non-government airports. A NASA ASR was submitted about a year ago for the same conflict. A nearby airport has two runways that require right traffic patterns. The event noted resulted in head-on situations resulting from non-standard pattern and standard left pattern operations.
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.