An SR20 instructor took evasive action to miss another aircraft by 150 ft while flying at 2;500 ft n...

Attributes
ACN	1015741
Time
Date	201206
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	BTL.Airport
State Reference	MI
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	SR20
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Military Trainer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 280 Flight Crew Type 180
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 0 Vertical 150

Narrative:

While maneuvering to enter the battle creek class D airspace; we had a near-miss with traffic inbound on a straight-in approach. We were transitioning around the airport to enter the airspace in compliance with standard procedures for training at btl. Before the incident; I was teaching the student how to use the autopilot. I looked up and saw another aircraft at our 10 o'clock and less than 1 mile; and converging. I immediately took controls and put the aircraft in a dive to avoid the traffic; and we missed by about 150 ft vertically. Without the deviation; we likely would have collided. The other traffic did not appear to see us; as they did not appear to take any evasive action. The near-miss could most likely be attributed to our distraction with the autopilot; and a lack of proper visual scan for traffic. We also have skywatch TCAS installed; but the traffic never appeared on the display and no alerts were displayed or played. The incident also revealed complacency related to relying on the TCAS to find traffic; rather than the flight crew.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An SR20 Instructor took evasive action to miss another aircraft by 150 FT while flying at 2;500 FT near BTL Class D Airspace.

Narrative: While maneuvering to enter the Battle Creek Class D Airspace; we had a near-miss with traffic inbound on a straight-in approach. We were transitioning around the airport to enter the airspace in compliance with standard procedures for training at BTL. Before the incident; I was teaching the student how to use the autopilot. I looked up and saw another aircraft at our 10 o'clock and less than 1 mile; and converging. I immediately took controls and put the aircraft in a dive to avoid the traffic; and we missed by about 150 FT vertically. Without the deviation; we likely would have collided. The other traffic did not appear to see us; as they did not appear to take any evasive action. The near-miss could most likely be attributed to our distraction with the autopilot; and a lack of proper visual scan for traffic. We also have Skywatch TCAS installed; but the traffic never appeared on the display and no alerts were displayed or played. The incident also revealed complacency related to relying on the TCAS to find traffic; rather than the flight crew.

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.

An SR20 instructor took evasive action to miss another aircraft by 150 ft while flying at 2;500 ft near btl class D airspace.