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Two general aviation aircraft approaching the airport did not establish visual contact until they experienced a near mid-air collision. They then took evasive action and one held outside the airport area until the other landed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1111621 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201308 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Cirrus Aircraft Undifferentiated |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 1030 Flight Crew Type 220 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 200 Vertical 200 |
Narrative:
On approach; [another aircraft] was inbound from west. He reported on base. I mistakenly flew an opposite downwind since I know the airport does not like left traffic for runway xx (otherwise I would have flown over toward the southeast to make a left base). I decided to descend and try to stay out of the way. I did not have him in sight until I started to turn 180 degrees back for a right downwind. At this point he broke off approach and I went over to circle until he landed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Two General Aviation aircraft approaching the airport did not establish visual contact until they experienced a near mid-air collision. They then took evasive action and one held outside the airport area until the other landed.
Narrative: On approach; [another aircraft] was inbound from west. He reported on base. I mistakenly flew an opposite downwind since I know the airport does not like left traffic for Runway XX (otherwise I would have flown over toward the southeast to make a left base). I decided to descend and try to stay out of the way. I did not have him in sight until I started to turn 180 degrees back for a right downwind. At this point he broke off approach and I went over to circle until he landed.
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.