A PA44 pilot in left traffic for runway 14 at X59 hears a helicopter taking runway 28 for departure ...

Attributes
ACN	974665
Time
Date	201110
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	X59.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-44 Seminole/Turbo Seminole
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Person 1
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 2500 Flight Crew Type 1500
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 200 Vertical 300

Narrative:

I was doing traffic pattern practice in valkaria aerodrome (X59) for about 15-20 minutes in the runway 14 (left traffic pattern) with winds calm. When already on the final approach leg; a helicopter using the call sign 'helicopter abc' lined up on runway 28 and took off for some traffic pattern work (he never did any radio calls while taxiing or lining up. He just said 'helicopter abc departing runway 28'). As he did not wait for me to land and vacate the runway before his departure; we had to go around. For some reason the helicopter made an early turn to downwind compromising my safety and ended up in a near miss situation. We had to take an evasive action. He did not bother about the situation and completed his landing as if nobody else were in the pattern. After that we rejoined the left downwind for runway 14. I asked for his call sign; but he refused to give it to me. Next thing he decided to do was some upper air work over the hangars at an altitude below 1;000 ft; so I decided to leave the area as the situation become uncomfortable for my safety.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A PA44 pilot in left traffic for Runway 14 at X59 hears a helicopter taking Runway 28 for departure and goes around. During the go around a NMAC occurs when the helicopter makes a quick downwind turn.

Narrative: I was doing traffic pattern practice in Valkaria Aerodrome (X59) for about 15-20 minutes in the Runway 14 (left traffic pattern) with winds calm. When already on the final approach leg; a helicopter using the call sign 'Helicopter ABC' lined up on Runway 28 and took off for some traffic pattern work (he never did any radio calls while taxiing or lining up. He just said 'helicopter ABC departing Runway 28'). As he did not wait for me to land and vacate the runway before his departure; we had to go around. For some reason the helicopter made an early turn to downwind compromising my safety and ended up in a near miss situation. We had to take an evasive action. He did not bother about the situation and completed his landing as if nobody else were in the pattern. After that we rejoined the left downwind for Runway 14. I asked for his call sign; but he refused to give it to me. Next thing he decided to do was some upper air work over the hangars at an altitude below 1;000 FT; so I decided to leave the area as the situation become uncomfortable for 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.

A PA44 pilot in left traffic for runway 14 at X59 hears a helicopter taking runway 28 for departure and goes around. During the go around a near midair collision occurs when the helicopter makes a quick downwind turn.