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Small aircraft on base leg took evasive action to miss another small aircraft turning final from opposite direction base leg.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 193283 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199110 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : frg |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 800 msl bound upper : 800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : frg |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | controller : radar pilot : private |
| Experience | controller military : 4 controller radar : 9 flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 450 flight time type : 250 |
| ASRS Report | 193283 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 50 vertical : 300 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Error |
Narrative:
While on right base to runway 01, about to turn final, saw aircraft 12 O'clock on left base (opposite direction) to same runway. Was cleared to land with my traffic (on short final) in sight. Took evasive action by turning right (as other aircraft turned right) and descending. Tower controller seemed overly busy and had considerable difficulty controling the frequency.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA ON BASE LEG TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TO MISS ANOTHER SMA TURNING FINAL FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTION BASE LEG.
Narrative: WHILE ON R BASE TO RWY 01, ABOUT TO TURN FINAL, SAW ACFT 12 O'CLOCK ON L BASE (OPPOSITE DIRECTION) TO SAME RWY. WAS CLRED TO LAND WITH MY TFC (ON SHORT FINAL) IN SIGHT. TOOK EVASIVE ACTION BY TURNING R (AS OTHER ACFT TURNED R) AND DSNDING. TWR CTLR SEEMED OVERLY BUSY AND HAD CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY CTLING THE FREQ.
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.