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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1547060 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201805 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ORL.Airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 215 Flight Crew Total 1285 Flight Crew Type 1075 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict NMAC Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 300 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
Flying departure leg; turning right crosswind runway 25 orl had near mid air collision with aircraft Y. Aircraft Y was returning from the northwest; through a line of thunderstorms while making transmissions of reduced visibility and entered the traffic pattern for a left base runway 7 at orlando executive airport when runway 25 was in use. Evasive action was taken to prevent a head-on collision. [We] did have the traffic in sight. The control tower did not address the issue on frequency.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: General Aviation instructor pilot reported a NMAC event with a small aircraft during departure from ORL airport. The instructor cited reduced visibility as a contributing factor.
Narrative: Flying departure leg; turning right crosswind Runway 25 ORL had near mid air collision with Aircraft Y. Aircraft Y was returning from the northwest; through a line of thunderstorms while making transmissions of reduced visibility and entered the traffic pattern for a left base Runway 7 at Orlando Executive Airport when Runway 25 was in use. Evasive action was taken to prevent a head-on collision. [We] did have the traffic in sight. The control tower did not address the issue on frequency.
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.