PA23 flight instructor reported near midair collision with an aircraft on a head-on course in the pa...

Attributes
ACN	1659551
Time
Date	201906
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-23 Apache/Geronimo Apache
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 176 Flight Crew Total 1217 Flight Crew Type 45
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Clearance
Miss Distance	Horizontal 100 Vertical 100

Narrative:

I was on short final for xxr at ZZZ when an aircraft was lining up to land for the wrong runway; they were supposed to be making left traffic for xxl. The other aircraft was told to make a left turn to the northeast heading 040 by tower. The aircraft makes a right turn which puts him on a head on course with my aircraft; requiring me to take the controls from the student and make evasive maneuvers; a diving right turn away from final coming within a couple hundred feet of the trees on final for xxr. Prior to and while entering the pattern. [Tower] had made multiple calls directing the other aircraft because he was not in the proper positions entering and flying the traffic pattern. I was on alert to locate the traffic prior to entering the and in the pattern. Just after turning final I had the other aircraft in sight. This is when the controller radioed the other aircraft to make the turn to 040 because he was in conflict with me. Luckily I already had him insight and was able to maneuver to avoid them.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA23 flight instructor reported NMAC with an aircraft on a head-on course in the pattern.

Narrative: I was on short final for XXR at ZZZ when an aircraft was lining up to land for the wrong runway; they were supposed to be making left traffic for XXL. The other aircraft was told to make a left turn to the northeast heading 040 by Tower. The aircraft makes a right turn which puts him on a head on course with my aircraft; requiring me to take the controls from the student and make evasive maneuvers; a diving right turn away from final coming within a couple hundred feet of the trees on final for XXR. Prior to and while entering the pattern. [Tower] had made multiple calls directing the other aircraft because he was not in the proper positions entering and flying the traffic pattern. I was on alert to locate the traffic prior to entering the and in the pattern. Just after turning final I had the other aircraft in sight. This is when the Controller radioed the other aircraft to make the turn to 040 because he was in conflict with me. Luckily I already had him insight and was able to maneuver to avoid them.

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.

PA23 flight instructor reported near midair collision with an aircraft on a head-on course in the pattern.