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Near midair collision VFR traffic pattern small aircraft took evasive action to avoid air carrier airbus on final approach to pdx.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 297600 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199502 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pdx |
| State Reference | OR |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1000 msl bound upper : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : pdx |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Airbus Industrie Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 39 flight time total : 840 flight time type : 470 |
| ASRS Report | 297600 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 300 vertical : 50 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Established on left downwind for runway 10L at pdx. Tower said they would call my turn to left base. Tower called turn to left base, and after turn, asked if I had the airbus in sight that I was to follow. I looked ahead and around and then saw the airbus approaching at about 2 O'clock! My course was taking me right in front of him. I immediately made a sharp right turn back to downwind and passed the airbus a few hundred ft away. As we got close, the airbus pilot came on the air and said he had a traffic alert. Then looked out the window, saw me and said, to the effect, that some small plane was flying right through the landing pattern. I came on and said: no, I was just trying to get behind him to land, which the tower confirmed on the radio. The tower turned me to base for too soon and before I had the airbus in sight. I am concerned that the airbus may file a complaint about a near miss (true), but without understanding the circumstances. Subsequent landing was routine though I had to slow way down to get any reasonable wake turbulence separation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NMAC VFR TFC PATTERN SMALL ACFT TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID ACR AIRBUS ON FINAL APCH TO PDX.
Narrative: ESTABLISHED ON L DOWNWIND FOR RWY 10L AT PDX. TWR SAID THEY WOULD CALL MY TURN TO L BASE. TWR CALLED TURN TO L BASE, AND AFTER TURN, ASKED IF I HAD THE AIRBUS IN SIGHT THAT I WAS TO FOLLOW. I LOOKED AHEAD AND AROUND AND THEN SAW THE AIRBUS APCHING AT ABOUT 2 O'CLOCK! MY COURSE WAS TAKING ME RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM. I IMMEDIATELY MADE A SHARP R TURN BACK TO DOWNWIND AND PASSED THE AIRBUS A FEW HUNDRED FT AWAY. AS WE GOT CLOSE, THE AIRBUS PLT CAME ON THE AIR AND SAID HE HAD A TFC ALERT. THEN LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW, SAW ME AND SAID, TO THE EFFECT, THAT SOME SMALL PLANE WAS FLYING RIGHT THROUGH THE LNDG PATTERN. I CAME ON AND SAID: NO, I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET BEHIND HIM TO LAND, WHICH THE TWR CONFIRMED ON THE RADIO. THE TWR TURNED ME TO BASE FOR TOO SOON AND BEFORE I HAD THE AIRBUS IN SIGHT. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE AIRBUS MAY FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT A NEAR MISS (TRUE), BUT WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE CIRCUMSTANCES. SUBSEQUENT LNDG WAS ROUTINE THOUGH I HAD TO SLOW WAY DOWN TO GET ANY REASONABLE WAKE TURB SEPARATION.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.