PA-28 flight instructor reported an airborne conflict in the traffic pattern due to confusion with A...

Attributes
ACN	1625898
Time
Date	201903
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
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	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 5 Flight Crew Total 570 Flight Crew Type 200
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

We were changing runway xxr to xxl. We were given turn base on our discretion and cleared to land runway xxl on downwind and there were aircraft on downwind xxl. I thought they were following us; but according to ATC we were supposed to follow that traffic.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA-28 flight instructor reported an airborne conflict in the traffic pattern due to confusion with ATC communication.

Narrative: We were changing Runway XXR to XXL. We were given turn base on our discretion and cleared to land Runway XXL on downwind and there were aircraft on downwind XXL. I thought they were following us; but according to ATC we were supposed to follow that traffic.

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.