C172 student and instructor reported a near midair collision airborne conflict in the traffic patter...

Attributes
ACN	1575572
Time
Date	201809
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	IWA.Airport
State Reference	AZ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Other Normal traffic pattern
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Student
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 31 Flight Crew Total 31 Flight Crew Type 31
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 207 Flight Crew Total 684 Flight Crew Type 487
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Clearance
Miss Distance	Vertical 200

Narrative:

I was on a takeoff and landing evaluation so we were flying in the pattern with full-stop taxi backs at [the] airfield. On our 6th cycle into the pattern we were given clearance to land on 12C; making right traffic. We acknowledged ATC with a read back for runway 12C. After turning into our right base to final approach I noticed another aircraft coming in about 200 ft above us onto the same runway heading 12C. Being fairly new to aviation; I asked the evaluator if this was supposed to happen. He immediately called tower to confirm our runway assignment and was told that we were given a runway assignment of 12R and that we were approaching the wrong runway and to alter course to perform a go-around over the correct runway. Following that; we were placed back in a right traffic pattern and after landing; we were grounded by tower as they had closed the pattern. Upon listening to the ATC recording after the flight; I was able to confirm that ATC gave us a runway assignment of 12C; as we had originally believed. The traffic at the time of the event was less than I have seen in a few weeks; so I do not believe heavy traffic to be a contributing factor. A possible contributing factor is that prior to being given our runway clearance; tower had an interaction with another aircraft that didn't use the first available taxiway exit from the runway because their previous directions were to exit charlie 3 to charlie 1; back to 12L for next takeoff and they were expecting similar instructions. Tower had an audible frustration since they hadn't taken.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 Student and Instructor reported a NMAC airborne conflict in the traffic pattern.

Narrative: I was on a takeoff and landing evaluation so we were flying in the pattern with full-stop taxi backs at [the] airfield. On our 6th cycle into the pattern we were given clearance to land on 12C; making right traffic. We acknowledged ATC with a read back for Runway 12C. After turning into our right base to final approach I noticed another aircraft coming in about 200 ft above us onto the same runway heading 12C. Being fairly new to aviation; I asked the evaluator if this was supposed to happen. He immediately called Tower to confirm our runway assignment and was told that we were given a runway assignment of 12R and that we were approaching the wrong runway and to alter course to perform a go-around over the correct runway. Following that; we were placed back in a right traffic pattern and after landing; we were grounded by Tower as they had closed the pattern. Upon listening to the ATC recording after the flight; I was able to confirm that ATC gave us a runway assignment of 12C; as we had originally believed. The traffic at the time of the event was less than I have seen in a few weeks; so I do not believe heavy traffic to be a contributing factor. A possible contributing factor is that prior to being given our runway clearance; tower had an interaction with another aircraft that didn't use the first available taxiway exit from the runway because their previous directions were to exit Charlie 3 to Charlie 1; back to 12L for next takeoff and they were expecting similar instructions. Tower had an audible frustration since they hadn't taken.

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.

C172 student and instructor reported a near midair collision airborne conflict in the traffic pattern.