Narrative:

Me and my copilot were flying VFR northbound. I got a traffic advisory on my GPS and saw the advised traffic southbound along the coastline in front of me at the same approximate altitude. I then deviated to a lower altitude. I was focused on the deviation from the traffic and I lost altitude and went to around 100 ft over the water. Once I felt we were safe and clear from the southbound traffic I climbed back up to our altitude that we were originally cruising at.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air taxi flight crew reported a rapid descent to avoid traffic that resulted in a low altitude situation.

Narrative: Me and my copilot were flying VFR northbound. I got a Traffic Advisory on my GPS and saw the advised traffic southbound along the coastline in front of me at the same approximate altitude. I then deviated to a lower altitude. I was focused on the deviation from the traffic and I lost altitude and went to around 100 ft over the water. Once I felt we were safe and clear from the southbound traffic I climbed back up to our altitude that we were originally cruising at.

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.