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Flight instructor reported they turned the wrong direction on their climb out which resulted in a near midair collision.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1754905 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202008 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | SR20 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Route In Use | Other VFR Pattern |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 90 Flight Crew Total 420 Flight Crew Type 315 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 300 Vertical 300 |
Narrative:
I was doing pattern work with my student. On our 4th or 5th pattern we initiated a right crosswind turn just like the previous ones since we were instructed to stay in the right pattern. Right after we turn in the right crosswind leg; skywatch issued a traffic advisory and there was an aircraft on our left nose side couple hundred feet under us. ATC called us and said he issued us left traffic pattern in this round. I informed him that we did not get the instruction on the left pattern and we did not read it back to confirm. He told us to stay in the right and continue. Since we were on a climb out and right hand turn I was sitting at the right seat and my student was on the left seat. I wasn't able to scan the traffic on the left side below and did not see the aircraft before getting too close to it since it was in my blind spot. At the time of the event there was few other aircraft approaching the pattern and acrobatic aircraft was descending from 6;500 feet to our pattern altitude directly from above.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Instructor reported they turned the wrong direction on their climb out which resulted in a NMAC.
Narrative: I was doing pattern work with my student. On our 4th or 5th pattern we initiated a right crosswind turn just like the previous ones since we were instructed to stay in the right pattern. Right after we turn in the right crosswind leg; Skywatch issued a traffic advisory and there was an aircraft on our left nose side couple hundred feet under us. ATC called us and said he issued us left traffic pattern in this round. I informed him that we did not get the instruction on the left pattern and we did not read it back to confirm. He told us to stay in the right and continue. Since we were on a climb out and right hand turn I was sitting at the right seat and my student was on the left seat. I wasn't able to scan the traffic on the left side below and did not see the aircraft before getting too close to it since it was in my blind spot. At the time of the event there was few other aircraft approaching the pattern and acrobatic aircraft was descending from 6;500 feet to our pattern altitude directly from above.
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.