Narrative:

I was landing at ZZZ airport. I had been clrd to land following a heavy transport. I requested a long landing due to wake turbulence. Controller approved. As I turned to final an airliner for the south runway distracted the controller. He could not raise south on 120.9 and kept talking to controller on 118.7. Controller was also handling an EMS helicopter arriving from the northeast. Tower claims they directed him to turn south and cross north runway, then proceed to EMS ramp. Instead, he made a direct 45 degrees approach, which brought him directly across my path. Had I not requested a long landing and not slowed my descent, we would have collided--no doubt in my mind. Contributing factors were that the controller was distracted by the airliner on 119.7 and the fact that either the helicopter pilot or the controller failed to see what was happening. The only thing that saved my life and the 3 people on that helicopter was that my 70 yr old instrument pounded into my head to see, look and avoid--and to land long behind heavy jets. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: the helicopter had been cleared for approach which should have crossed the runway further east and not interfered with the reporter. The helicopter pilot is purported to have misunderstood and read back another route of approach, but the controller missed the readback due to his distraction with the air carrier landing on runway 8R. There were no patients aboard the helicopter. The helicopter passed under the small aircraft and reporter stopped descent to evade. He talked to the tower supervisor after the event.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA AND HELICOPTER HAVE NMAC OVER RWY 8L AT XXX.

Narrative: I WAS LNDG AT ZZZ ARPT. I HAD BEEN CLRD TO LAND FOLLOWING A HVT. I REQUESTED A LONG LNDG DUE TO WAKE TURB. CTLR APPROVED. AS I TURNED TO FINAL AN AIRLINER FOR THE S RWY DISTRACTED THE CTLR. HE COULD NOT RAISE S ON 120.9 AND KEPT TALKING TO CTLR ON 118.7. CTLR WAS ALSO HANDLING AN EMS HELI ARRIVING FROM THE NE. TWR CLAIMS THEY DIRECTED HIM TO TURN S AND CROSS N RWY, THEN PROCEED TO EMS RAMP. INSTEAD, HE MADE A DIRECT 45 DEGS APCH, WHICH BROUGHT HIM DIRECTLY ACROSS MY PATH. HAD I NOT REQUESTED A LONG LNDG AND NOT SLOWED MY DSCNT, WE WOULD HAVE COLLIDED--NO DOUBT IN MY MIND. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE THAT THE CTLR WAS DISTRACTED BY THE AIRLINER ON 119.7 AND THE FACT THAT EITHER THE HELI PLT OR THE CTLR FAILED TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. THE ONLY THING THAT SAVED MY LIFE AND THE 3 PEOPLE ON THAT HELI WAS THAT MY 70 YR OLD INSTR POUNDED INTO MY HEAD TO SEE, LOOK AND AVOID--AND TO LAND LONG BEHIND HVY JETS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: THE HELI HAD BEEN CLRED FOR APCH WHICH SHOULD HAVE CROSSED THE RWY FURTHER E AND NOT INTERFERED WITH THE RPTR. THE HELI PLT IS PURPORTED TO HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD AND READ BACK ANOTHER ROUTE OF APCH, BUT THE CTLR MISSED THE READBACK DUE TO HIS DISTR WITH THE ACR LNDG ON RWY 8R. THERE WERE NO PATIENTS ABOARD THE HELI. THE HELI PASSED UNDER THE SMA AND RPTR STOPPED DSCNT TO EVADE. HE TALKED TO THE TWR SUPVR AFTER THE EVENT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.