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Charter pilot flying an small aircraft has near midair collision with a B747 on approach for landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 337064 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199605 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : anc |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 900 msl bound upper : 900 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : anc |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B747 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 337064 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 200 vertical : 200 |
Narrative:
While returning to lake hood from prince william sound I contacted lake hood tower at potter marsh and told them I had ATIS information and was inbound to land. I was told to report at the 'peanut farm.' approximately 2 mi from the peanut farm tower called me and cautioned me for wake turbulence from a landing B747 and I reported the B747 'in sight.' upon approaching the peanut farm I was warned once more about the B747 wake turbulence, but I had lost visual contact and acknowledged tower. Just inside peanut farm I saw B747's shadow below me, then he came into sight approximately 200 ft above me approaching runway 24R at anc. I saw the B747 go around, but nothing else was ever said to me from the tower other than clear to land west from the peanut farm. I don't even know if I was the reason he went around, but I feel that there were some flaws in traffic control in this occurrence.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CHARTER PLT FLYING AN SMA HAS NMAC WITH A B747 ON APCH FOR LNDG.
Narrative: WHILE RETURNING TO LAKE HOOD FROM PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND I CONTACTED LAKE HOOD TWR AT POTTER MARSH AND TOLD THEM I HAD ATIS INFO AND WAS INBOUND TO LAND. I WAS TOLD TO RPT AT THE 'PEANUT FARM.' APPROX 2 MI FROM THE PEANUT FARM TWR CALLED ME AND CAUTIONED ME FOR WAKE TURB FROM A LNDG B747 AND I RPTED THE B747 'IN SIGHT.' UPON APCHING THE PEANUT FARM I WAS WARNED ONCE MORE ABOUT THE B747 WAKE TURB, BUT I HAD LOST VISUAL CONTACT AND ACKNOWLEDGED TWR. JUST INSIDE PEANUT FARM I SAW B747'S SHADOW BELOW ME, THEN HE CAME INTO SIGHT APPROX 200 FT ABOVE ME APCHING RWY 24R AT ANC. I SAW THE B747 GO AROUND, BUT NOTHING ELSE WAS EVER SAID TO ME FROM THE TWR OTHER THAN CLR TO LAND W FROM THE PEANUT FARM. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I WAS THE REASON HE WENT AROUND, BUT I FEEL THAT THERE WERE SOME FLAWS IN TFC CTL IN THIS OCCURRENCE.
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.