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Baron 58 pilot reported an near midair collision in the vicinity of opf airport as a result of miscommunication with ATC.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1520136 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201802 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MIA.TRACON |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Baron 58/58TC |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach Direct |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 115 Flight Crew Total 943 Flight Crew Type 20 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 500 Vertical 200 |
Narrative:
I asked miami center for VFR flight following and I received a squawk code. When transferred to miami approach I was asked to stay outside bravo airspace so I descended to 1;000 feet to also be at pattern altitude to my destination. About 7 miles from my destination I let approach know that I had the field in sight and he acknowledged me; but did not hand me over to tower. When I was already almost over the airport I was trying to contact him to see if I can switch over to tower; but he was very busy and I could not get a word in. Right before I decided to go to tower on my own; there was a jet departing from runway 9L that came too close [for] comfort; forcing me to make a very sharp turn. I then switched to tower on my own and he had no idea where I had come from or my intension to land there.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Baron 58 pilot reported an NMAC in the vicinity of OPF airport as a result of miscommunication with ATC.
Narrative: I asked Miami Center for VFR flight following and I received a squawk code. When transferred to Miami Approach I was asked to stay outside Bravo airspace so I descended to 1;000 feet to also be at pattern altitude to my destination. About 7 miles from my destination I let approach know that I had the field in sight and he acknowledged me; but did not hand me over to Tower. When I was already almost over the airport I was trying to contact him to see if I can switch over to Tower; but he was very busy and I could not get a word in. Right before I decided to go to Tower on my own; there was a jet departing from Runway 9L that came too close [for] comfort; forcing me to make a very sharp turn. I then switched to Tower on my own and he had no idea where I had come from or my intension to land there.
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.