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Two instructor pilots reported perspectives on a near-mid-air-collision while operating in the traffic pattern of a busy tower controlled airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1341224 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201603 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Tower |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | DA42 Twin Star |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | DA40 Diamond Star |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Person 1 | |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 125 Flight Crew Total 1175 Flight Crew Type 84 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 400 Flight Crew Type 50 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 500 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
We were doing touch and go landings in the pattern and tower was in operation. We did a touch and go and turned a normal right crosswind and downwind. After we turned downwind we heard another aircraft report a near miss. We had not seen the other aircraft prior to following them in for landing. I did not see them when we were on upwind or crosswind and assumed that they were ahead of us; already on downwind.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Two instructor pilots reported perspectives on a near-mid-air-collision while operating in the traffic pattern of a busy tower controlled airport.
Narrative: We were doing touch and go landings in the pattern and tower was in operation. We did a touch and go and turned a normal right crosswind and downwind. After we turned downwind we heard another aircraft report a near miss. We had not seen the other aircraft prior to following them in for landing. I did not see them when we were on upwind or crosswind and assumed that they were ahead of us; already on downwind.
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.