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Cirrus SR20 pilot suffered multiple distractions; deteriorating weather; a couple of close encounters; a go around and some CTAF bickering with the pilot of another aircraft while landing and departing at an uncontrolled airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 826099 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200903 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | N51.Airport |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | SR20 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Other |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 1300 Flight Crew Type 830 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown Other CTAf Dispute |
Narrative:
I was on final to land at N51 to drop off my passenger. An aircraft had cut me off entering on the base leg and I ended up being close to it. When I saw that he wouldn't clear the runway in time for me to land; I elected to go around. I started a left turning climb to re-enter the pattern and in doing so; I cut off an aircraft that was on a crosswind leg. In the rush to re-enter the pattern; I failed to climb to pattern altitude and had missed the call from the aircraft on crosswind. When I realized the mistake; I apologized to the aircraft on crosswind who; I believe; acknowledged. Few seconds later; a male voice came on frequency lecturing me; to which I responded defensively and some unnecessary and inexcusable 'bickering' arose. Later on; after I dropped my passenger; I took off and climbed right. Since I had to turn to the north; I had to fly over the approach end of the airport. I heard an aircraft calling base but didn't see it and came about 300 ft above it as I turned on course. Weather to the north was deteriorating and I was concerned about getting home quickly. This made me 'sloppy' and too much in a rush. In retrospect; I should have first climbed to pattern altitude before turning left on my go-around and in the second instance I should have climbed well above pattern before turning north over the base leg of the landing traffic. In both instances; I should have listened more carefully to the radio transmissions.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Cirrus SR20 pilot suffered multiple distractions; deteriorating weather; a couple of close encounters; a go around and some CTAF bickering with the pilot of another aircraft while landing and departing at an uncontrolled airport.
Narrative: I was on final to land at N51 to drop off my passenger. An aircraft had cut me off entering on the base leg and I ended up being close to it. When I saw that he wouldn't clear the runway in time for me to land; I elected to go around. I started a left turning climb to re-enter the pattern and in doing so; I cut off an aircraft that was on a crosswind leg. In the rush to re-enter the pattern; I failed to climb to pattern altitude and had missed the call from the aircraft on crosswind. When I realized the mistake; I apologized to the aircraft on crosswind who; I believe; acknowledged. Few seconds later; a male voice came on frequency lecturing me; to which I responded defensively and some unnecessary and inexcusable 'bickering' arose. Later on; after I dropped my passenger; I took off and climbed right. Since I had to turn to the north; I had to fly over the approach end of the airport. I heard an aircraft calling base but didn't see it and came about 300 FT above it as I turned on course. Weather to the north was deteriorating and I was concerned about getting home quickly. This made me 'sloppy' and too much in a rush. In retrospect; I should have first climbed to pattern altitude before turning left on my go-around and in the second instance I should have climbed well above pattern before turning north over the base leg of the landing traffic. In both instances; I should have listened more carefully to the radio transmissions.
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.