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A pilot was alerted by TRACON about traffic at his altitude but mistook another aircraft for the reported traffic then took evasive action from head on traffic; missing by about 50 feet.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1065062 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201301 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PC-12 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 300 Flight Crew Total 3000 Flight Crew Type 600 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 50 |
Narrative:
While on approach at 1;500 MSL we had a near miss with a C172. ATC called our traffic one o'clock and a half mile. I called the traffic in sight and the controller switched us to the next frequency. At that time our TCAS system gave a traffic alert and I looked up and saw the C172 headed for a head on collision; I pull back on the yoke and banked left to avoid the collision. The traffic I thought was the C172 was another aircraft several miles en-trail.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A pilot was alerted by TRACON about traffic at his altitude but mistook another aircraft for the reported traffic then took evasive action from head on traffic; missing by about 50 feet.
Narrative: While on approach at 1;500 MSL we had a near miss with a C172. ATC called our traffic one o'clock and a half mile. I called the traffic in sight and the Controller switched us to the next frequency. At that time our TCAS system gave a traffic alert and I looked up and saw the C172 headed for a head on collision; I pull back on the yoke and banked left to avoid the collision. The traffic I thought was the C172 was another aircraft several miles en-trail.
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.