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A PA28 pilot reported a near miss with two aircraft in close formation at 3;500 ft near ocf in class east airspace.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1000885 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201203 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | OCF.Airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 322 Flight Crew Type 84 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 0 Vertical 50 |
Narrative:
On flight to ocf at 3;000 ft talking with pilot/owner in left seat. He said 'traffic.' I looked out my window and above the right wing were two white rv-4s; -8s; or cirrus aircraft in close formation crossing over us from right to left. They were probably 100-200 ft away when we saw them. From now on; I'll insist that we always get flight following. Obviously; neither we nor the traffic were talking and squawking. No evasive action was taken since it was too late and we could immediately tell that we would miss them (but was very close). Now thinking about it; we might not have taken evasive action because we were stunned at how close they were to us.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A PA28 Pilot reported a near miss with two aircraft in close formation at 3;500 FT near OCF in Class E airspace.
Narrative: On flight to OCF at 3;000 FT Talking with pilot/owner in left seat. He said 'Traffic.' I looked out my window and above the right wing were two white RV-4s; -8s; or Cirrus aircraft in close formation crossing over us from right to left. They were probably 100-200 FT away when we saw them. From now on; I'll insist that we always get flight following. Obviously; neither we nor the traffic were talking and squawking. No evasive action was taken since it was too late and we could immediately tell that we would miss them (but was very close). Now thinking about it; we might not have taken evasive action because we were stunned at how close they were to us.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.