Mooney M20-F making a low approach to ged experienced an near midair collision with a C172 departing...

Attributes
ACN	842088
Time
Date	200907
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	GED.Airport
State Reference	DE
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	M-20 F Executive 21
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 220 Flight Crew Type 20
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Vertical 100

Narrative:

When flying my mooney M20-F in sussex field in delaware; I decided to fly a low approach on runway 4/22 to get a feel for the winds that were steady at 20 KTS. I radioed my first position 3 miles out from the field and requested traffic information. There was no response. I set up for a 45 to midfield downwind left traffic pattern for 4/22 and made at least 2 more radio calls on the CTAF frequency 123.0 stating my position and intentions to fly a low approach on 4/22. While executing the low approach a cessna 172 passed over the top of my airplane at the intersection of runway 4/22 and 31/13. He had taken off runway 31 without making radio calls; listening to radio calls; or checking for traffic.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Mooney M20-F making a low approach to GED experienced an NMAC with a C172 departing from an intersecting runway.

Narrative: When flying my Mooney M20-F in Sussex field in Delaware; I decided to fly a low approach on Runway 4/22 to get a feel for the winds that were steady at 20 KTS. I radioed my first position 3 miles out from the field and requested traffic information. There was no response. I set up for a 45 to midfield downwind left traffic pattern for 4/22 and made at least 2 more radio calls on the CTAF frequency 123.0 stating my position and intentions to fly a low approach on 4/22. While executing the low approach a Cessna 172 passed over the top of my airplane at the intersection of Runway 4/22 and 31/13. He had taken off Runway 31 without making radio calls; listening to radio calls; or checking for traffic.

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.

Mooney M20-F making a low approach to ged experienced an near midair collision with a C172 departing from an intersecting runway.