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A light twin pilot reported airborne conflict shortly after departure with an arriving aircraft. ATC advisory came only after reporter inquiry.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 978250 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201111 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MTN.Tower |
| State Reference | MD |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport Low Wing 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 3100 Flight Crew Type 1000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 500 |
Narrative:
I was cleared for take-off on runway 33. Weather was gusty; but great viz. As I rotated; I noticed a helicopter at about 100 ft (not ground taxi!) that was growing larger in my windshield. My initial impression was he was going to cross my flight path. He did not appear to be turning; so I flattened my climb at low altitude to keep him in view and began to deviate away from him. Finally; it was clear he was turning around to land. There was silence from the tower despite my transmissions asking what the ... Was going. Finally tower controller gave me the news helo was landing on the ramp. I have never been so upset on take-off in thirty years of flying. My suggestion to tower was please advise a rolling aircraft if a helo is going to come anywhere close to my flight path. Things happen too fast to decide at 120 kts what's going on. One needs to know everything is under positive control.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Light twin Pilot reported airborne conflict shortly after departure with an arriving aircraft. ATC advisory came only after reporter inquiry.
Narrative: I was cleared for take-off on Runway 33. Weather was gusty; but great viz. As I rotated; I noticed a helicopter at about 100 FT (not ground taxi!) that was growing larger in my windshield. My initial impression was he was going to cross my flight path. He did not appear to be turning; so I flattened my climb at low altitude to keep him in view and began to deviate away from him. Finally; it was clear he was turning around to land. There was silence from the tower despite my transmissions asking what the ... Was going. Finally Tower Controller gave me the news Helo was landing on the ramp. I have never been so upset on take-off in thirty years of flying. My suggestion to Tower was please advise a rolling Aircraft if a Helo is going to come anywhere close to my flight path. Things happen too fast to decide at 120 KTs what's going on. One needs to know everything is under positive control.
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.