Talk about runway incursions...

"Dave Russell" wrote in message
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So there I am, rolling on 32 (turf), the tail's just come up... when
an Archer blithely rolls right out in front of me on the taxiway for
4. :-|

You can't see much of the taxiway from the departure end of 4 because
of a hangar, and this guy was rolling along pretty good. He was fully
on the runway ahead of me when he saw me, drilled the brakes, and
stopped cold. I put in a pretty interesting swerve (just not enough
room to go over him with the back seat loaded... but I did consider it
for a split second) and managed to roll past with enough clearance not
to terrify me (the swerve had already done that). Thank goodness 32
is wide.

There was nothing I could have done to prevent this. I'd made a
departure radio call, I'd been monitoring the frequency, and I checked
(while taxiing back) to make sure I had the right frequency. This guy
just didn't look or listen.


How do you know he didn't look or listen? If you can't see much of the
taxiway from the departure end of 4 because of a hangar, then obviously you
can't see the departure end of runway 4 from much of the taxiway. Just
because you're speaking into the microphone doesn't mean you're
broadcasting.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message hlink.net...

How do you know he didn't look or listen? If you can't see much of the
taxiway from the departure end of 4 because of a hangar, then obviously you
can't see the departure end of runway 4 from much of the taxiway. Just
because you're speaking into the microphone doesn't mean you're
broadcasting.

My fault... I miskeyed. Let me try again.

I was rolling for takeoff on 32. He was on a perpendicular taxiway
and taxied right out in front of me, headed for 4. If he had looked
before crossing 32, he'd have seen a propellor headed for him at
takeoff power. I'm guessing he didn't look or he would have stopped
short of 32.

The hangars are a bit of a factor in that you can't see the end of 32
(that's the part I mistyped) until you clear them on the taxiway for
4, but there's still plenty of room if you're even romotely awake.

-DJR