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Near midair collision. Pilot of a helicopter took evasive action during takeoff at an uncontrolled airport to avoid a piper cherokee taking off.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 464837 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200002 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sez.airport |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Altitude | agl single value : 10 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : charter |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer II/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : charter |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : private pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 75 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 4500 |
| ASRS Report | 464837 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 60 vertical : 50 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
I was on the ramp at sez. Listened to unicom, heard no traffic. Announced intention to lift to hover, taxi for takeoff. Lifted, turned, looked for traffic. Transitioned toward taxiway, started to take off. Looked again, saw aircraft (cherokee) left and above me. Turned back to taxiway, descended. Aircraft passed me while climbing, I turned back to runway and took off. It took two 'looks,' but 'see and avoid' still works.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NMAC. PLT OF A HELI TOOK EVASIVE ACTION DURING TKOF AT AN UNCTLED ARPT TO AVOID A PIPER CHEROKEE TAKING OFF.
Narrative: I WAS ON THE RAMP AT SEZ. LISTENED TO UNICOM, HEARD NO TFC. ANNOUNCED INTENTION TO LIFT TO HOVER, TAXI FOR TKOF. LIFTED, TURNED, LOOKED FOR TFC. TRANSITIONED TOWARD TXWY, STARTED TO TAKE OFF. LOOKED AGAIN, SAW ACFT (CHEROKEE) L AND ABOVE ME. TURNED BACK TO TXWY, DSNDED. ACFT PASSED ME WHILE CLBING, I TURNED BACK TO RWY AND TOOK OFF. IT TOOK TWO 'LOOKS,' BUT 'SEE AND AVOID' STILL WORKS.
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.