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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1676267 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | BMQ.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 70 Flight Crew Total 554 Flight Crew Type 1 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 100 Vertical 200 |
Narrative:
I was in the right seat at bmq with my student; a 60-hour student pilot nearing his checkride; in the left. We were holding short of runway 19 and as he ran a before takeoff check for a short field takeoff; I cleared final for traffic. No one was announcing their intentions to land and no one was in the pattern; and I couldn't see anyone on final; so we taxied into position on the end of the runway to perform a short-field takeoff. The procedure calls for holding the brakes while lined up on the runway; so I instructed the student to point down the runway and apply brakes as I talked through the procedure once more; per his request. As I reiterated the short field procedure; I saw a king air perform a go around on runway 19 to our right. He did not make a go around call and my student attempted to raise the aircraft on the radio to apologize; but was not being acknowledged by the king air. After the king air was a safe distance upwind; we departed and returned to [home base] where we debriefed the risk of turning our backs to final. [At] uncontrolled airports; where radio communications aren't necessary; [it] becomes essential to avoid situations like that; especially when aircraft are painted the same color as the sky. The aircraft on final probably didn't see us because we were painted white; we were lined up on the numbers; and blended in with the runway. I learned not to try and teach while my back is turned to final.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA-28 Instructor Pilot reported being in position on the runway briefing a procedure at the non-towered BMQ airport when a King Air was forced to make a go-around to avoid a collision.
Narrative: I was in the right seat at BMQ with my student; a 60-hour student pilot nearing his checkride; in the left. We were holding short of Runway 19 and as he ran a before takeoff check for a short field takeoff; I cleared final for traffic. No one was announcing their intentions to land and no one was in the pattern; and I couldn't see anyone on final; so we taxied into position on the end of the runway to perform a short-field takeoff. The procedure calls for holding the brakes while lined up on the runway; so I instructed the student to point down the runway and apply brakes as I talked through the procedure once more; per his request. As I reiterated the short field procedure; I saw a King Air perform a go around on Runway 19 to our right. He did not make a go around call and my student attempted to raise the aircraft on the radio to apologize; but was not being acknowledged by the King Air. After the King Air was a safe distance upwind; we departed and returned to [home base] where we debriefed the risk of turning our backs to final. [At] uncontrolled airports; where radio communications aren't necessary; [it] becomes essential to avoid situations like that; especially when aircraft are painted the same color as the sky. The aircraft on final probably didn't see us because we were painted white; we were lined up on the numbers; and blended in with the runway. I learned not to try and teach while my back is turned to final.
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.