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A pilot of a amphibious kit airplane reported another aircraft intentionally tried to fly towards them to look at their aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1742414 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202005 |
| 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 | Amateur/Home Built/Experimental |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | VFR Route |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Sea |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 11200 Flight Crew Type 5000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 2000 Vertical 100 |
Narrative:
Flying south of the class C airspace; and under class B airspace at about 1200 feet I got an ads-B collision alert for an aircraft approaching from a 7 o'clock position. I adjusted course to increase separation. The other aircraft appeared to adjust its course to intercept mine as its altitude decreased towards mine. I adjusted course again to make mine almost 90 degrees to my original 270 heading. The aircraft's course depiction followed and appeared to be closing. I made a rapid descending 180 degree turn to visually locate the airplane. I immediately located the cessna who did appear to be following me. After my turn and descent avoided risk of collision; the aircraft then turned north and entered class C airspace. I noted my position was very close to the class C boundary and immediately turned back away to avoid entering the airspace. I did not enter class C but was uncomfortably close. As I proceeded to get further separation and continue in a generally westerly direction I noted the airplane turned again and appeared on a parallel path but at a higher altitude. As it was faster it eventually passed heading towards another class D airspace. This type of event has happened before; but rarely; when other aircraft seem to interested in the slow flying searey. It seems to be happening with increasing frequency now that ads-B is more commonly in use. The hazard of aircraft locating and inappropriately following other aircraft has not been addressed. Masking aircraft specific ads-B information would eliminate some of the close curiosity encounters.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A pilot of a amphibious kit airplane reported another aircraft intentionally tried to fly towards them to look at their aircraft.
Narrative: Flying south of the Class C airspace; and under Class B airspace at about 1200 feet I got an ADS-B collision alert for an aircraft approaching from a 7 o'clock position. I adjusted course to increase separation. The other aircraft appeared to adjust its course to intercept mine as its altitude decreased towards mine. I adjusted course again to make mine almost 90 degrees to my original 270 heading. The aircraft's course depiction followed and appeared to be closing. I made a rapid descending 180 degree turn to visually locate the airplane. I immediately located the Cessna who did appear to be following me. After my turn and descent avoided risk of collision; the aircraft then turned north and entered Class C airspace. I noted my position was very close to the Class C boundary and immediately turned back away to avoid entering the airspace. I did not enter Class C but was uncomfortably close. As I proceeded to get further separation and continue in a generally westerly direction I noted the airplane turned again and appeared on a parallel path but at a higher altitude. As it was faster it eventually passed heading towards another Class D airspace. This type of event has happened before; but rarely; when other aircraft seem to interested in the slow flying SeaRey. It seems to be happening with increasing frequency now that ADS-B is more commonly in use. The hazard of aircraft locating and inappropriately following other aircraft has not been addressed. Masking aircraft specific ADS-B information would eliminate some of the close curiosity encounters.
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.