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A BE90 on a downwind approaching apc had a near miss with a PA24 making a non-emergency immediate return.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 728392 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200702 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : apc.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 700 msl bound upper : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : apc.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Beechcraft Twin Turboprop Jet Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : apc.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | PA-24 Comanche |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : traffic pattern |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 25000 flight time type : 50 |
| ASRS Report | 728392 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 300 vertical : 20 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Airport |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
We were on a 1 mi base leg; cleared to land at apc when a PA24 who had just taken off said he wished to return. He declared he did not have an emergency and he was on base leg. The tower told us to extend our downwind; which would have put us on final going the wrong way. I looked to the right; saw the PA24 and elected to fly through the final and enter a right downwind. The PA24 never said he was on final or declared where he was on downwind.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BE90 ON A DOWNWIND APCHING APC HAD A NEAR MISS WITH A PA24 MAKING A NON-EMER IMMEDIATE RETURN.
Narrative: WE WERE ON A 1 MI BASE LEG; CLRED TO LAND AT APC WHEN A PA24 WHO HAD JUST TAKEN OFF SAID HE WISHED TO RETURN. HE DECLARED HE DID NOT HAVE AN EMER AND HE WAS ON BASE LEG. THE TWR TOLD US TO EXTEND OUR DOWNWIND; WHICH WOULD HAVE PUT US ON FINAL GOING THE WRONG WAY. I LOOKED TO THE R; SAW THE PA24 AND ELECTED TO FLY THROUGH THE FINAL AND ENTER A R DOWNWIND. THE PA24 NEVER SAID HE WAS ON FINAL OR DECLARED WHERE HE WAS ON DOWNWIND.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.