C172 instructor reports a near midair collision at 5;000 ft during vectors for an ILS approach at as...

Attributes
ACN	1047716
Time
Date	201211
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	AVL.TRACON
State Reference	NC
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	RV-8
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 65 Flight Crew Total 1000 Flight Crew Type 870
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 50 Vertical 150

Narrative:

During an approach my student was wearing the hood and I was listening in to an aircraft which departed out of asheville and was on its way towards greenville. I knew that we would see him sometime in flight and I made that mental note. On approach; flying straight and level; ATC called traffic at twelve o'clock slightly lower than we were and it was an rv-8. From my experience I know what an rv-8 looks like. I looked to my one o'clock and saw an rv-8 about 700 ft below us; opposite direction; and appeared to be cruising at that altitude. I looked at him for about 20 seconds; listened to other pilot say he didn't have us in sight. When I looked forward; I saw another rv-8; the one that ATC really called out for us; cruise right over us and slightly to the left. It had to be about 150 ft vertical and 50 ft horizontal. Unfortunately it happened so fast there was no requirement for evasive action. It was my fault for stopping my scan and I believe ATC should provide traffic advisories more frequently when they know two airplanes are on a intersecting course. From this I learned to keep up my scan!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 instructor reports a NMAC at 5;000 FT during vectors for an ILS approach at Asheville; with an RV-8 that had been pointed out by ATC.

Narrative: During an approach my student was wearing the hood and I was listening in to an aircraft which departed out of Asheville and was on its way towards Greenville. I knew that we would see him sometime in flight and I made that mental note. On approach; flying straight and level; ATC called traffic at twelve o'clock slightly lower than we were and it was an RV-8. From my experience I know what an RV-8 looks like. I looked to my one o'clock and saw an RV-8 about 700 FT below us; opposite direction; and appeared to be cruising at that altitude. I looked at him for about 20 seconds; listened to other pilot say he didn't have us in sight. When I looked forward; I saw another RV-8; the one that ATC really called out for us; cruise right over us and slightly to the left. It had to be about 150 FT vertical and 50 FT horizontal. Unfortunately it happened so fast there was no requirement for evasive action. It was my fault for stopping my scan and I believe ATC should provide traffic advisories more frequently when they know two airplanes are on a intersecting course. From this I learned to keep up my scan!

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.

C172 instructor reports a near midair collision at 5;000 ft during vectors for an ILS approach at asheville; with an rv-8 that had been pointed out by ATC.