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Henderson Near Miss on Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:13 pm
So my brother and I were flying a rich guy from Salina, UT(44U) to Henderson, NV(HND) in a Cirrus SR22-GTS Turbo. It was wind the whole way down but a relatively smooth flight.
When we got to Henderson, we had to fly around a bit while the traffic controllers were directing the other higher priority aircraft.
We landed, had lunch and started back home. When we took off, the wind started to blow us off to the left but my brother corrected with ease. All was well on out climb out. The controller told us to hold our course and altitude until he let us know when to resume our own navigation. We complied and switch on the AP.
A few minutes later, the controller told us that there was an Airbus near us and to be advised. He then told the Airbus to turn left and descend. Moments later, out own traffic warning went off and both of us looked at the screen. The Airbus was directly in front of us and the gap was closing.
I looked out the windshield and say the massive (compared to ours) aircraft heading straight for us. My immediate thoughts were, "I'm dead." I was ready to throw in the towel but, my brother thought on his toes and sent our plane into a dive. We lost about 300-400 feet in a matter of a second.
I couldn't keep my eyes off the Airbus so I watched it go over us. I could hear it's engines through my Bose Noise Canceling headset.
My brother then got on the com and told the controller to note what had just happened. There was silence on the other end.
When we got to Henderson, we had to fly around a bit while the traffic controllers were directing the other higher priority aircraft.
We landed, had lunch and started back home. When we took off, the wind started to blow us off to the left but my brother corrected with ease. All was well on out climb out. The controller told us to hold our course and altitude until he let us know when to resume our own navigation. We complied and switch on the AP.
A few minutes later, the controller told us that there was an Airbus near us and to be advised. He then told the Airbus to turn left and descend. Moments later, out own traffic warning went off and both of us looked at the screen. The Airbus was directly in front of us and the gap was closing.
I looked out the windshield and say the massive (compared to ours) aircraft heading straight for us. My immediate thoughts were, "I'm dead." I was ready to throw in the towel but, my brother thought on his toes and sent our plane into a dive. We lost about 300-400 feet in a matter of a second.
I couldn't keep my eyes off the Airbus so I watched it go over us. I could hear it's engines through my Bose Noise Canceling headset.
My brother then got on the com and told the controller to note what had just happened. There was silence on the other end.
