Cessna 425 pilot experiences a near midair collision with training helicopters in the uncontrolled t...

Attributes
ACN	825590
Time
Date	200903
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	F45.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 425/441 Conquest I/Conquest II
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Maintenance Powerplant Maintenance Airframe
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 4200 Flight Crew Type 100
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown
Miss Distance	Horizontal 100 Vertical 200

Narrative:

Entered the traffic pattern from the northwest on a 45 degree entry downwind leg at 1;500 ft MSL per turboprop aircraft procedures. Various helicopter training flights were in the vicinity not paying attention to normal aircraft operations or traffic pattern procedures. When on short final runway 31 F45; I noticed a small helicopter converging with my aircraft that caused a traffic alert and a visual alert demanding an emergency go-around to rejoin the traffic pattern. After landing; there were numerous helicopters taxiing down the parallel taxiway to runway 13/31 above my aircraft without any concern to my operations; passengers or my safety.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Cessna 425 pilot experiences a NMAC with training helicopters in the uncontrolled traffic pattern at F45.

Narrative: Entered the traffic pattern from the northwest on a 45 degree entry downwind leg at 1;500 FT MSL per turboprop aircraft procedures. Various helicopter training flights were in the vicinity not paying attention to normal aircraft operations or traffic pattern procedures. When on short final Runway 31 F45; I noticed a small helicopter converging with my aircraft that caused a traffic alert and a visual alert demanding an emergency go-around to rejoin the traffic pattern. After landing; there were numerous helicopters taxiing down the parallel taxiway to Runway 13/31 above my aircraft without any concern to my operations; passengers or my safety.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Cessna 425 pilot experiences a near midair collision with training helicopters in the uncontrolled traffic pattern at F45.