PA-28 flight instructor reported an airborne conflict in the traffic pattern at a tower controlled a...

Attributes
ACN	1595217
Time
Date	201811
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 228.4 Flight Crew Total 595.1
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict

Narrative:

I conducted an instrument training flight with my student in a piper cherokee. I noticed the cloud layers were relatively low and decided to file an IFR flight plan for our flight. We did two practice approaches and a GPS hold. The flight was conducted without incident until the last approach into ZZZ on the RNAV (GPS) zz IAP. We had been cleared to switch from ZZZ approach to the ZZZ tower frequency. We checked in with ZZZ tower and were told to continue on the approach. Several minutes later; after we had passed the final approach fix; zzzzz; a skyhawk turned onto final from our right side cutting right in front of us with very little space between our aircraft and the skyhawk. I immediately notified the tower. They apologized but did not give us any instruction to separate the skyhawk from our aircraft. I asked again 'what would you like us to do?' the tower gave instructions to a different skyhawk which was not the aircraft that had cut us off. I made a decision to break off the approach and make a left 360 to evade the skyhawk. I notified tower and they acknowledged. We rejoined the final approach and landed without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA-28 Flight Instructor reported an airborne conflict in the traffic pattern at a Tower controlled airport.

Narrative: I conducted an instrument training flight with my student in a Piper Cherokee. I noticed the cloud layers were relatively low and decided to file an IFR flight plan for our flight. We did two practice approaches and a GPS hold. The flight was conducted without incident until the last approach into ZZZ on the RNAV (GPS) ZZ IAP. We had been cleared to switch from ZZZ Approach to the ZZZ Tower frequency. We checked in with ZZZ Tower and were told to continue on the approach. Several minutes later; after we had passed the final approach fix; ZZZZZ; a Skyhawk turned onto final from our right side cutting right in front of us with very little space between our aircraft and the Skyhawk. I immediately notified the Tower. They apologized but did not give us any instruction to separate the Skyhawk from our aircraft. I asked again 'what would you like us to do?' The Tower gave instructions to a different Skyhawk which was not the aircraft that had cut us off. I made a decision to break off the approach and make a left 360 to evade the Skyhawk. I notified Tower and they acknowledged. We rejoined the final approach and landed without incident.

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.

PA-28 flight instructor reported an airborne conflict in the traffic pattern at a tower controlled airport.