A flight instructor reported an airborne conflict; due in part to airport name confusion. Reporter w...

Narrative:

While conduction a 141 stage check for cross country training enroute I had the student divert to 7m3 (bearce airport as labeled on the sectional chart). While in the process of diversion I heard a radio call over multi-comm 122.9 for a baron B58 enroute to mount ida airport. Looking at the sectional there is no clear indication that 7m3 is associated with mount ida as there are several small towns in the vicinity. This diversion was done as part of a 141 stage check to assess the student's ability to divert while in the air and a sectional was the only document referenced. While on a base descent to set up for landing I caught sight of a baron B58 passing below us on final. A climbing right turn was executed out of the pattern. I announced over 122.9 for the position of a baron in vicinity of bearce. And a baron replied that he was on final into mount ida airport. The baron had broadcasted a single call that was inbound to mount ida; I had broadcasted several calls as to our intentions to land at bearce. After talking to some other local pilots the airport's name as stated on its sign is mount ida airport; yet the sectional provides no indication directly of this name. This situation could have been avoided by using the proper terminology as stated on the sectional map and also by myself consulting an af/D possibly prior to the flight. If the airport is commonly known as mount ida its name on the sectional should include this to avoid future confusion.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A flight instructor reported an airborne conflict; due in part to airport name confusion. Reporter was inbound to 7M3; an airport that is listed as Bearce Airport on sectional charts; but is often referred to as Mount Ida by pilots familiar with the airport.

Narrative: While conduction a 141 stage check for cross country training enroute I had the student divert to 7M3 (Bearce Airport as labeled on the sectional chart). While in the process of diversion I heard a radio call over multi-comm 122.9 for a Baron B58 enroute to Mount Ida airport. Looking at the sectional there is no clear indication that 7M3 is associated with Mount Ida as there are several small towns in the vicinity. This diversion was done as part of a 141 stage check to assess the student's ability to divert while in the air and a sectional was the only document referenced. While on a base descent to set up for landing I caught sight of a Baron B58 passing below us on final. A climbing right turn was executed out of the pattern. I announced over 122.9 for the position of a Baron in vicinity of Bearce. And a Baron replied that he was on final into Mount Ida Airport. The Baron had broadcasted a single call that was inbound to Mount Ida; I had broadcasted several calls as to our intentions to land at Bearce. After talking to some other local pilots the airport's name as stated on its sign is Mount Ida Airport; yet the sectional provides no indication directly of this name. This situation could have been avoided by using the proper terminology as stated on the sectional map and also by myself consulting an AF/D possibly prior to the flight. If the airport is commonly known as Mount Ida its name on the sectional should include this to avoid future confusion.

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	1293466
Time
Date	201509
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	7M3.Airport
State Reference	AR
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	M-7
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Beechcraft Single Piston Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 323 Flight Crew Total 776 Flight Crew Type 500
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 200 Vertical 800

A flight instructor reported an airborne conflict; due in part to airport name confusion. Reporter was inbound to 7m3; an airport that is listed as bearce airport on sectional charts; but is often referred to as mount ida by pilots familiar with the airport.