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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1438942 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201704 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | IMM.Airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 16 Flight Crew Total 715 Flight Crew Type 16 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Airspace Violation All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural FAR |
Narrative:
I was flying to imm on a pleasure flight and to purchase fuel at immokalee regional airport as it is the cheapest fuel near my home airport. As there was a tfr in effect close to my home airport; I made sure to check and make sure that my route of flight would keep me out of the tfr. After leaving; about 3/4 of the way through my flight; I noticed a light twin engine aircraft at my altitude coming at me very rapidly from my 8 o'clock position. Fearing that the aircraft was going to impact me; I was preparing to take evasive action when it suddenly veered sharp left and pulled up alongside of me for what seemed to be about 3-4 seconds. It then executed a sharp descending left bank and disappeared. A few minutes later I landed without incident at imm a little shaken and wondering what the heck just happened. I knew that I could not have been anywhere near the tfr and that had this had been a military or government aircraft; it would have tried to establish communication with me by rocking its wings; but it did nothing of the kind. I went to a computer to confirm that I was nowhere near the tfr and noticed that I may have clipped the northeast corner a firefighting tfr. Being so preoccupied with not violating the big tfr; I overlooked the possibility that there could be another tfr in the same general area and being familiar with that area; knew that there were no other permanent flight restrictions. Especially since this is a remote area in the middle of the everglades.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GA pilot reported a firefighting TFR incursion while trying to avoid another TFR in the area. When the pilot was in the TFR another aircraft formed up on him without communication; then departed after a few seconds.
Narrative: I was flying to IMM on a pleasure flight and to purchase fuel at Immokalee Regional Airport as it is the cheapest fuel near my home airport. As there was a TFR in effect close to my home airport; I made sure to check and make sure that my route of flight would keep me out of the TFR. After leaving; about 3/4 of the way through my flight; I noticed a light twin engine aircraft at my altitude coming at me very rapidly from my 8 o'clock position. Fearing that the aircraft was going to impact me; I was preparing to take evasive action when it suddenly veered sharp left and pulled up alongside of me for what seemed to be about 3-4 seconds. It then executed a sharp descending left bank and disappeared. A few minutes later I landed without incident at IMM a little shaken and wondering what the heck just happened. I knew that I could not have been anywhere near the TFR and that had this had been a military or government aircraft; it would have tried to establish communication with me by rocking its wings; but it did nothing of the kind. I went to a computer to confirm that I was nowhere near the TFR and noticed that I may have clipped the northeast corner a firefighting TFR. Being so preoccupied with not violating the big TFR; I overlooked the possibility that there could be another TFR in the same general area and being familiar with that area; knew that there were no other permanent flight restrictions. Especially since this is a remote area in the middle of the Everglades.
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.