Near midair collision.

Attributes
ACN	187873
Time
Date	199108
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sts
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 500 agl bound upper : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	climbout : initial climbout : takeoff
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 6500 flight time type : 600
ASRS Report	187873
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe conflict : nmac non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 200 vertical : 200
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Short final into santa rosa on runway 32 had a near miss with an airplane doing touch and goes to runway 14, after talking with instructor who was flying the small aircraft. He said he was having radio problems and was unable to communication. We were advised by ATC that we had no targets within our vicinity and the airport. So we flew into runway 32. I feel the problem that contributed to this event was a pilot that did not do the proper preflight to make sure his radios were working. When I talked to him he said that they plugged their headsets in wrong and were unable to communication. We had made our position reports all the way in and he said that he heard them. But I feel we had a problem due to the lack of communication.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NMAC.

Narrative: SHORT FINAL INTO SANTA ROSA ON RWY 32 HAD A NEAR MISS WITH AN AIRPLANE DOING TOUCH AND GOES TO RWY 14, AFTER TALKING WITH INSTRUCTOR WHO WAS FLYING THE SMA. HE SAID HE WAS HAVING RADIO PROBLEMS AND WAS UNABLE TO COM. WE WERE ADVISED BY ATC THAT WE HAD NO TARGETS WITHIN OUR VICINITY AND THE ARPT. SO WE FLEW INTO RWY 32. I FEEL THE PROBLEM THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EVENT WAS A PLT THAT DID NOT DO THE PROPER PREFLT TO MAKE SURE HIS RADIOS WERE WORKING. WHEN I TALKED TO HIM HE SAID THAT THEY PLUGGED THEIR HEADSETS IN WRONG AND WERE UNABLE TO COM. WE HAD MADE OUR POS RPTS ALL THE WAY IN AND HE SAID THAT HE HEARD THEM. BUT I FEEL WE HAD A PROBLEM DUE TO THE LACK OF COM.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.