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A king air 100 pilot involved in dropping skydivers at 13500 ft complains of a military heavy that flew under their aircraft while he was dropping parachutists 2 NM from hdh, hi.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 527265 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200110 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hdh.airport |
| State Reference | HI |
| Altitude | agl single value : 13500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | King Air 100 A/B |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | Military |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 3600 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 527265 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | observation : passenger other personnel other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne critical inflight encounter other non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : jumpmaster 2 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Passenger Human Performance Airspace Structure Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
We were conducting skydiving operations at dillingham army airfield. On the second jump run of the morning, a military aircraft (call sign Y) reported (on 123.0) that he was transitioning to wheeler army airfield (to the southeast of hdh). He reported when he was several mi away. During this time, we informed hdh traffic on 123.0 CTAF that we were about to drop skydivers (ie, 5 mins, 1 min, jumpers away radio calls). There was no response from anyone. The jumpers began to exit the king air. 1/2 way through the load, the jump master stopped the jumpers. He saw the military aircraft (heavy) pass below us. The military aircraft should have transitioned further east but elected to cut across the drop zone. When queried, aircraft Y said they thought the drop zone was inactive, they did not hear our calls as they were talking on other frequencys while flying in our area. I confirmed on the radio with other aircraft that everyone in the area had heard my radio calls. Aircraft Y was the sole exception.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A KING AIR 100 PLT INVOLVED IN DROPPING SKYDIVERS AT 13500 FT COMPLAINS OF A MIL HVY THAT FLEW UNDER THEIR ACFT WHILE HE WAS DROPPING PARACHUTISTS 2 NM FROM HDH, HI.
Narrative: WE WERE CONDUCTING SKYDIVING OPS AT DILLINGHAM ARMY AIRFIELD. ON THE SECOND JUMP RUN OF THE MORNING, A MIL ACFT (CALL SIGN Y) RPTED (ON 123.0) THAT HE WAS TRANSITIONING TO WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD (TO THE SE OF HDH). HE RPTED WHEN HE WAS SEVERAL MI AWAY. DURING THIS TIME, WE INFORMED HDH TFC ON 123.0 CTAF THAT WE WERE ABOUT TO DROP SKYDIVERS (IE, 5 MINS, 1 MIN, JUMPERS AWAY RADIO CALLS). THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM ANYONE. THE JUMPERS BEGAN TO EXIT THE KING AIR. 1/2 WAY THROUGH THE LOAD, THE JUMP MASTER STOPPED THE JUMPERS. HE SAW THE MIL ACFT (HVY) PASS BELOW US. THE MIL ACFT SHOULD HAVE TRANSITIONED FURTHER E BUT ELECTED TO CUT ACROSS THE DROP ZONE. WHEN QUERIED, ACFT Y SAID THEY THOUGHT THE DROP ZONE WAS INACTIVE, THEY DID NOT HEAR OUR CALLS AS THEY WERE TALKING ON OTHER FREQS WHILE FLYING IN OUR AREA. I CONFIRMED ON THE RADIO WITH OTHER ACFT THAT EVERYONE IN THE AREA HAD HEARD MY RADIO CALLS. ACFT Y WAS THE SOLE EXCEPTION.
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.