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Old 9th Sep 2023, 09:41
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Commencing the turn, a pilot creates a blind spot in the opposite direction and excludes themselves from the see-be seen, especially in high wing aircraft. I am not referring to any person, this is my personal takeway.
You are thinking 2 dimensional, aircraft move in 3. The blind spots are always there and in the circuit, especially in this scenario the threats are coming from not only level to, but above and below. The turn does not create a blind spot where the wing is, the blind spot is always there, which is why old teaching had clearing maneuvers to check blind spots periodically, like lowering the nose during long climbs, or lifting the wings during lookout prior to turns. Also remember there's also a lot of other things blocking the view, passengers head, how big the windows are, support pillars, engines in multis etc etc....

To my way of thinking the only cure is for everyone to use the same runway and that is the one most favourable to the wind direction. I know airmanship is no longer fashionable but that is what we always did in the past and it seemed to work.
This is what the rules tell you to do, anyone on the most into wind has priority. You are not allowed to proceed to land if the runway you are using is occupied, you are not allowed to take-off if the runway is occupied, which includes aircraft using intersecting strips. LAHSO is not a thing outside approved controlled airports with strict rules. The landing aircraft should not have announced that they would hold short, there is no way you can guarantee this until you are stopped short of the intersection. In addition the pilot departing should not accept an aircraft offering to 'hold short' while they depart, until that aircraft has stopped short of the intersection, or passed through and so on. Generally you will state that you will let the other aircraft know 'once' you are holding short so that they can depart.

It points out to me the importance of an "entering and rolling" call.. which perhaps might have alerted the Pawnee to look left? ..but then maybe they did and he was occupied with the go-around??
A rolling call after a long backtrack, or something to that effect is essential. There is no mention of the Cessna that taxied across the runway making a entering/crossing call, which is also essential. Again use of words such as 'active' runway, changes a lot of how somebody views whether the calls are necessary. OCTA it is essential you make a call entering, backtracking or crossing ANY runway, the only time you might not call 'crossing' is when already occupying a runway that you are using to roll on during landing and take-off. These rules are as opposed to a controlled airport where 'active' runways may be treated differently to non-active ones.
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