NASA · Aviation Safety Reporting System
General aviation pilot reported entering the runway for takeoff at a non-towered airport causing an aircraft on final approach to go-around.
What is ASRS?
The Aviation Safety Reporting System is NASA's voluntary, confidential, non- punitive incident-reporting system, established 1976. Pilots, controllers, dispatchers, and maintenance technicians file reports describing safety- relevant events. NASA de-identifies every report before adding it to the public database. Reports are not investigated by NASA, the FAA, or the NTSB — they represent the reporter's perspective.
Pilot narrative
Verbatim from the de-identified NASA record. First-person account by the
reporter. NASA strips identifying details (names, company, specific time);
anonymization placeholders are ZZZ,
X, Y.
I had just gotten the SCAT tubing replaced. I was departing the repair station to get home quickly. The engine seemed louder than usual. The radio calls were being made but I was not focused on hearing them. I did my run up. Left mag seemed odd. I leaned the mix briefly. Someone said they were clear of the runway. I started to enter as I made my call. Then I heard someone saying they were on final and going around. I looked up thru my windshield and saw them climbing steeply. To prevent a recurrence I would turn up the volume on the radio and slow down my process and more thoughtfully remain aware of the situation.
NASA classification — Anomalies
- Aircraft Equipment Problem
- Conflict
- Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural
- Ground Incursion
NASA classification — Assessments
- Contributing Factors / Situations
- Aircraft · Airspace Structure · Human Factors
- Primary Problem
- Human Factors
ASRS reports are voluntarily submitted, de-identified by NASA, and represent the reporter's perspective. The presence of reports on a topic cannot be used to infer prevalence in the National Airspace System. The authoritative source is the NASA ASRS Database Online at asrs.arc.nasa.gov ↗.