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Small aircraft twin and small aircraft single had minor conflict in uncontrolled airport traffic pattern.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 200082 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199201 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : enw |
| State Reference | WI |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 1000 agl bound upper : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 2 Eng, Retractable Gear |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time total : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 200082 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : far other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified cockpit |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Upon entering airport traffic pattern, I announced on base leg. An small aircraft announced he was on downwind, but he was actually turning base. I had to turn my twin aircraft away from him. I then made a short downwind to base, then another aircraft announced a downwind and then he turned inside of me and cut me off. (I was much faster than he was.) so I flew my normal pattern out around him and landed before him. I was faster and lower than he was. There was no actual conflict problem due to my greater speed. These aircraft cut me out of the pattern. They proceeded to the next leg in the pattern without clearing first, then, the one pilot, a flight instructor, came over to our company to complain about what we did, when what they did was a potentially unsafe condition in the pattern for all of us!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA TWIN AND SMA SINGLE HAD MINOR CONFLICT IN UNCTLED ARPT TFC PATTERN.
Narrative: UPON ENTERING ARPT TFC PATTERN, I ANNOUNCED ON BASE LEG. AN SMA ANNOUNCED HE WAS ON DOWNWIND, BUT HE WAS ACTUALLY TURNING BASE. I HAD TO TURN MY TWIN ACFT AWAY FROM HIM. I THEN MADE A SHORT DOWNWIND TO BASE, THEN ANOTHER ACFT ANNOUNCED A DOWNWIND AND THEN HE TURNED INSIDE OF ME AND CUT ME OFF. (I WAS MUCH FASTER THAN HE WAS.) SO I FLEW MY NORMAL PATTERN OUT AROUND HIM AND LANDED BEFORE HIM. I WAS FASTER AND LOWER THAN HE WAS. THERE WAS NO ACTUAL CONFLICT PROBLEM DUE TO MY GREATER SPD. THESE ACFT CUT ME OUT OF THE PATTERN. THEY PROCEEDED TO THE NEXT LEG IN THE PATTERN WITHOUT CLRING FIRST, THEN, THE ONE PLT, A FLT INSTRUCTOR, CAME OVER TO OUR COMPANY TO COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT WE DID, WHEN WHAT THEY DID WAS A POTENTIALLY UNSAFE CONDITION IN THE PATTERN FOR ALL OF US!
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.