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Small aircraft pilot experiences a near midair collision with a cessna at 2500 feet approaching mdh. A transponder was aboard; but not turned on. No evasive action was taken.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1226994 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201412 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MDH.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna Aircraft Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 1 Flight Crew Total 2200 Flight Crew Type 1900 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 0 Vertical 400 |
Narrative:
I called the southern tower 11 miles out and received pattern entry instructions. Descending from 3;500 feet. As I was around 2;500 feet I saw a cessna aircraft coming in my direction; it looked like he was flying about 165 degrees as he approached mwa. He went directly over me; probable 400 feet clearance or less. The cessna aircraft didn't take any evasive maneuvers; nor did I. I was talking to the tower at mdh and he was probably communicating with st. Louis or the mwa tower. My transponder was not turned on; as we don't have much radar coverage below 4;000 feet in our area. Perhaps if it was on he may have had an advisory.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Small aircraft pilot experiences a NMAC with a Cessna at 2500 feet approaching MDH. A transponder was aboard; but not turned on. No evasive action was taken.
Narrative: I called the Southern tower 11 miles out and received pattern entry instructions. Descending from 3;500 feet. As I was around 2;500 feet I saw a Cessna aircraft coming in my direction; it looked like he was flying about 165 degrees as he approached MWA. He went directly over me; probable 400 feet clearance or less. The Cessna aircraft didn't take any evasive maneuvers; nor did I. I was talking to the tower at MDH and he was probably communicating with St. Louis or the MWA tower. My transponder was not turned on; as we don't have much radar coverage below 4;000 feet in our area. Perhaps if it was on he may have had an advisory.
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.