This ATP pilot; flying a small single engine G/a airplane in the traffic pattern at an uncontrolled ...

Narrative:

After entering the traffic pattern using a 45 degree entry; I was established (and reported such on the unicom frequency) on the left downwind of the landing traffic pattern. Other aircraft entered the traffic pattern on a crosswind leg at midfield from which he was going to enter the same left downwind leg that I was flying. At same altitude (traffic pattern altitude) he passed in front of me by no more than 150 feet while beginning his left turn to the left downwind leg. I commented that he had just cut me off and we had come to within 150 feet of each other. He responded that he never saw me. While it was day VFR; I had my aircraft illuminated with landing lights; red tail strobe and wingtip strobes. We had a very heated exchange on the ground. It was clear that he had no clue who has the right of way in a traffic pattern; or that he would ever admit he was wrong. (As a side note; he arrogantly stated: 'I'm a retired airline captain with 25;000 hrs; what are your qualifications?' when I replied that I was also a retired airline captain with the same amount of flying time; he told me to 'get the [expletive] off 'my' ramp. I told him the ramp was [not owned by him] and left. A loose cannon for sure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: This ATP pilot; flying a small single engine G/A airplane in the traffic pattern at an uncontrolled airport and conforming to expected radio protocol; reports a near miss with another aircraft apparently not communicating.

Narrative: After entering the traffic pattern using a 45 degree entry; I was established (and reported such on the Unicom frequency) on the left downwind of the landing traffic pattern. Other aircraft entered the traffic pattern on a crosswind leg at midfield from which he was going to enter the same left downwind leg that I was flying. At same altitude (traffic pattern altitude) he passed in front of me by no more than 150 feet while beginning his left turn to the left downwind leg. I commented that he had just cut me off and we had come to within 150 feet of each other. He responded that he never saw me. While it was day VFR; I had my aircraft illuminated with landing lights; red tail strobe and wingtip strobes. We had a very heated exchange on the ground. It was clear that he had no clue who has the right of way in a traffic pattern; or that he would ever admit he was wrong. (As a side note; he arrogantly stated: 'I'm a retired airline Captain with 25;000 hrs; what are your qualifications?' When I replied that I was also a retired airline Captain with the same amount of flying time; he told me to 'get the [expletive] off 'my' ramp. I told him the ramp was [not owned by him] and left. A loose cannon for sure.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Attributes
ACN	1174149
Time
Date	201405
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Captain Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 21 Flight Crew Total 25080 Flight Crew Type 753
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 150 Vertical 0

This ATP pilot; flying a small single engine G/a airplane in the traffic pattern at an uncontrolled airport and conforming to expected radio protocol; reports a near miss with another aircraft apparently not communicating.