King air pilot descending in the traffic pattern experiences a near midair collision with a PA28 at ...

Attributes
ACN	1221676
Time
Date	201411
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	King Air C90 E90
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 1100 Flight Crew Type 35
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 100 Vertical 0

Narrative:

I was operating a skydive jump aircraft and had entered the pattern for landing on runway 30. We enter the pattern at a high rate of descent and enter on a high right 45 degree entry for right traffic for runway 30. I had announced my position on a high right 45 degree entry and then on entering downwind at 2000 feet AGL and descending. There was no one else announcing themselves on CTAF and I did not see any other traffic in the pattern. As I was descending through 1500 feet AGL on downwind a piper cherokee suddenly passed just in front and to the right of me in level flight. I did not have time to maneuver and passed behind and below the cherokee as I continued on downwind in the pattern. I attempted to make contact with the cherokee on CTAF but did not get any response. I landed without incident. I believe the cause of this incident was the cherokee flying through the traffic pattern of the airport without reporting its position or responding to my reports. I believe the traffic may not have been monitoring the CTAF despite being within 2 NM of the airport and at pattern altitude. Also contributing was the hazy conditions and the sun's position low in the sky; making it difficult to see any traffic.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: King air pilot descending in the traffic pattern experiences a NMAC with a PA28 at 1500 feet overflying the airport. The King air pilot was descending at a high rate and making position reports while the PA28 pilot was apparently not on the the CTAF. Visual contact occurred too late to evade.

Narrative: I was operating a skydive jump aircraft and had entered the pattern for landing on Runway 30. We enter the pattern at a high rate of descent and enter on a high right 45 degree entry for right traffic for Runway 30. I had announced my position on a high right 45 degree entry and then on entering downwind at 2000 feet AGL and descending. There was no one else announcing themselves on CTAF and I did not see any other traffic in the pattern. As I was descending through 1500 feet AGL on downwind a Piper Cherokee suddenly passed just in front and to the right of me in level flight. I did not have time to maneuver and passed behind and below the Cherokee as I continued on downwind in the pattern. I attempted to make contact with the Cherokee on CTAF but did not get any response. I landed without incident. I believe the cause of this incident was the Cherokee flying through the traffic pattern of the airport without reporting its position or responding to my reports. I believe the traffic may not have been monitoring the CTAF despite being within 2 NM of the airport and at pattern altitude. Also contributing was the hazy conditions and the sun's position low in the sky; making it difficult to see any traffic.

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.