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Two local flight school aircraft experienced a near mid air collision when the pilot of the trailing aircraft did not identify and follow the proceeding aircraft. ATC called for a go-around to separate the conflict.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1210025 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201410 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LAF.Airport |
| State Reference | IN |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | SR20 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | SR20 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 680 Flight Crew Type 400 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Clearance |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 0 Vertical 100 |
Narrative:
Me and my student were doing night landings. The traffic pattern was fairly busy as [the college] has many students doing training. We were told to follow traffic ahead on the downwind. Me and my student had the airplane in sight and reported it to tower. They cleared us for the option. The other aircraft involved was to follow us on the downwind. He reported us in sight and was also cleared for the option. When we were on final approach to the runway; tower tells the other aircraft to go around. I saw my student looking up a little bit and I look up and see the other aircraft that should've been following us about 100ft above us. I was able to talk with the other pilot and we could not work out how he ended up on top of me. Tower didn't not sound frantic or distressed about the event.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Two local flight school aircraft experienced a near mid air collision when the pilot of the trailing aircraft did not identify and follow the proceeding aircraft. ATC called for a go-around to separate the conflict.
Narrative: Me and my student were doing night landings. The traffic pattern was fairly busy as [the college] has many students doing training. We were told to follow traffic ahead on the downwind. Me and my student had the airplane in sight and reported it to tower. They cleared us for the option. The other aircraft involved was to follow us on the downwind. He reported us in sight and was also cleared for the option. When we were on final approach to the runway; tower tells the other aircraft to go around. I saw my student looking up a little bit and I look up and see the other aircraft that should've been following us about 100ft above us. I was able to talk with the other pilot and we could not work out how he ended up on top of me. Tower didn't not sound frantic or distressed about the event.
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.