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C172 instructor reported bright sunlight reduced visibility during a training maneuver; resulting in a near midair collision.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1684955 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201909 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Person 1 | |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 90 Flight Crew Total 1500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Vertical 300 |
Narrative:
We were in the west practice just south of the keystone dam at 4;500 ft. On west heading making a clearing turn back to the north. Once we got on the north heading; my student made the call of altitude and position on our practice area frequency before starting a steep turn to the left. Before we started the turn I looked again to my right and did not see anything. As we came around on our left steep turn at roughly the 200 degree point of the turn; my student caught a glimpse of another aircraft just over us less than 500 ft. In altitude above us and took evasive action. I do not know which tail number it was or if it was ours; we lost it in the sun when we turned back to look for it but student said it was clearly a 172. It is possible that the aircraft was still on with approach at the time we made our radio call. Other factors; as we turned left in the steep turn passing west heading I got temporary sun spots due to the almost at eye level in the aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C172 instructor reported bright sunlight reduced visibility during a training maneuver; resulting in a NMAC.
Narrative: We were in the west practice just south of the Keystone Dam at 4;500 ft. on west heading making a clearing turn back to the north. Once we got on the north heading; my student made the call of altitude and position on our practice area frequency before starting a steep turn to the left. Before we started the turn I looked again to my right and did not see anything. As we came around on our left steep turn at roughly the 200 degree point of the turn; my student caught a glimpse of another aircraft just over us less than 500 ft. in altitude above us and took evasive action. I do not know which tail number it was or if it was ours; we lost it in the sun when we turned back to look for it but student said it was clearly a 172. It is possible that the aircraft was still on with Approach at the time we made our radio call. Other factors; as we turned left in the steep turn passing west heading I got temporary sun spots due to the almost at eye level in the aircraft.
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.