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PA28 pilot reports an near midair collision departing pao with flight following by nct. The controller pointed out the traffic but it was not detected by the reporter until the very last second.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1046924 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201211 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PAO.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| 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 | Climb |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 50 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 200 Vertical 50 |
Narrative:
I was being checked out on the piper warrior ii. We had just departed pao. The controller was extremely busy giving traffic advisories to several planes and handling traffic at the same time. We were given a traffic advisory but couldn't see the airplane. There was a lot of glare from the sun (we were flying towards it). We turned left to avoid the hills and to direct us to the practice area. A few seconds later we saw a C172 flying towards us. My instructor saw the airplane first and turned right to avoid a mid air collision. This happened on a clear day after a week of relatively poor weather.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA28 pilot reports an NMAC departing PAO with flight following by NCT. The Controller pointed out the traffic but it was not detected by the reporter until the very last second.
Narrative: I was being checked out on the Piper Warrior II. We had just departed PAO. The Controller was extremely busy giving traffic advisories to several planes and handling traffic at the same time. We were given a traffic advisory but couldn't see the airplane. There was a lot of glare from the sun (we were flying towards it). We turned left to avoid the hills and to direct us to the practice area. A few seconds later we saw a C172 flying towards us. My instructor saw the airplane first and turned right to avoid a mid air collision. This happened on a clear day after a week of relatively poor weather.
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.