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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1760260 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202009 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SET.Airport |
| State Reference | MO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Amateur/Home Built/Experimental |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 175 Flight Crew Total 400 Flight Crew Type 330 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 50 Vertical 50 |
Narrative:
While practicing ground reference maneuvers with my pre-solo private pilot student; I noticed a plane flying on a course that would intercept our maneuvering area. My adsb-in noticed the plane and soon after I had visual contact. I made announcements of my position on the local CTAF that is used in that area; due to the proximity of the airport that the flight training is conducted out of. No response was made by the incoming aircraft. Due to my position I took controls from my student and altered our course to the right in an attempt to clear the area. Aircraft Y flew towards me as indicated by my adsb equipment; as well as the small amount of visual contact I had as the aircraft moved to a chasing position. Slow controlled turns were made to try to get the aircrafts attention (I did not know if aircraft Y had me in visual contact) as well as vacate the area due to this aircraft. The collision avoidance sounded multiple times that aircraft Y was on a direct collision course with me; and indicating on my screen that we had less than 100 ft. Of vertical and horizontal clearance. In the closest proximity I was unable to maintain visual contact due to the other aircraft being behind me; and slightly above me. This continued on for a period of somewhere between 3-5 minutes. No matter the direction I flew to try and vacate the area aircraft Y stayed on my tail. All attempts to establish radio contact failed. The traffic eventually vacated the area to the south of our position.looking back I should have called st. Louis approach and let them know of the situation; giving them the opportunity to try to establish radio contact and let the pilot of aircraft Y know we were a training flight that was not comfortable flying in formation as well as let ATC know that this aircraft was breaking the law and creating a dangerous situation for themselves as well as others.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C172 pilot reported an NMAC with another light aircraft.
Narrative: While practicing ground reference maneuvers with my pre-solo private pilot student; I noticed a plane flying on a course that would intercept our maneuvering area. My ADSB-in noticed the plane and soon after I had visual contact. I made announcements of my position on the local CTAF that is used in that area; due to the proximity of the airport that the flight training is conducted out of. No response was made by the incoming aircraft. Due to my position I took controls from my student and altered our course to the right in an attempt to clear the area. Aircraft Y flew towards me as indicated by my ADSB equipment; as well as the small amount of visual contact I had as the aircraft moved to a chasing position. Slow controlled turns were made to try to get the aircrafts attention (I did not know if Aircraft Y had me in visual contact) as well as vacate the area due to this aircraft. The collision avoidance sounded multiple times that Aircraft Y was on a direct collision course with me; and indicating on my screen that we had less than 100 ft. of vertical and horizontal clearance. In the closest proximity I was unable to maintain visual contact due to the other aircraft being behind me; and slightly above me. This continued on for a period of somewhere between 3-5 minutes. No matter the direction I flew to try and vacate the area Aircraft Y stayed on my tail. All attempts to establish radio contact failed. The traffic eventually vacated the area to the south of our position.Looking back I should have called St. Louis Approach and let them know of the situation; giving them the opportunity to try to establish radio contact and let the pilot of Aircraft Y know we were a training flight that was not comfortable flying in formation as well as let ATC know that this aircraft was breaking the law and creating a dangerous situation for themselves as well as others.
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.