Narrative:

My student and I were executing touch-and-goes at whiteman airport. After 1 such touch-and-go we were climbing out on the upwind leg when I heard the control tower clear a cessna for takeoff with approval for a left closed traffic pattern (same as us). After reaching 500 ft above the airport altitude, we turned left for our crosswind leg and continued our climb to pattern altitude (2000 ft). Before turning left again for our downwind leg we looked to our right for traffic, and then left for traffic and to judge our turn in reference to the runway. As my student began his turn left onto the downwind, I kept looking towards the runway in order to judge my student's proper rollout onto the downwind, while simultaneously leveling the airplane at pattern altitude. This is when I could see some movement off to my left coming up towards our aircraft. As I focused on the object I could see it was a cessna single engine high wing airplane. Just before I could make a call to question the tower and the other airplane, the tower asked the cessna if they had our aircraft in sight, which replied 'negative, uh...oh, oh.' the tower then called me, muttered something, and I immediately asked for a right 360 degree turn while executing it, and let the cessna fly past us. Contributing factors: in my opinion, the tower should have asked the cessna if it had us in sight before clearing it for closed traffic immediately following our touch-and-go. Also, the pilot of the cessna cut the traffic pattern, on the upwind, short, which had the airplane coming up at us on its crosswind leg. I should have been watching for the cessna as soon as it was cleared for takeoff and closed traffic with us.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA ACFT ON TRAINING FLT AND IN TFC PATTERN TURNED DOWNWIND AS CLRED BY THE TWR FOR CLOSED PATTERN. RPTR INSTRUCTOR HEARD A CESSNA TAKING OFF BEHIND HIS ACFT RECEIVE THE SAME CLRNC. CESSNA TURNED INSIDE RPTR ACFT AND WAS ON A COLLISION COURSE WHEN TWR INTERVENED TO ALERT OTHER PLT OF RPTR ACFT.

Narrative: MY STUDENT AND I WERE EXECUTING TOUCH-AND-GOES AT WHITEMAN ARPT. AFTER 1 SUCH TOUCH-AND-GO WE WERE CLBING OUT ON THE UPWIND LEG WHEN I HEARD THE CTL TWR CLR A CESSNA FOR TKOF WITH APPROVAL FOR A L CLOSED TFC PATTERN (SAME AS US). AFTER REACHING 500 FT ABOVE THE ARPT ALT, WE TURNED L FOR OUR XWIND LEG AND CONTINUED OUR CLB TO PATTERN ALT (2000 FT). BEFORE TURNING L AGAIN FOR OUR DOWNWIND LEG WE LOOKED TO OUR R FOR TFC, AND THEN L FOR TFC AND TO JUDGE OUR TURN IN REF TO THE RWY. AS MY STUDENT BEGAN HIS TURN L ONTO THE DOWNWIND, I KEPT LOOKING TOWARDS THE RWY IN ORDER TO JUDGE MY STUDENT'S PROPER ROLLOUT ONTO THE DOWNWIND, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY LEVELING THE AIRPLANE AT PATTERN ALT. THIS IS WHEN I COULD SEE SOME MOVEMENT OFF TO MY L COMING UP TOWARDS OUR ACFT. AS I FOCUSED ON THE OBJECT I COULD SEE IT WAS A CESSNA SINGLE ENG HIGH WING AIRPLANE. JUST BEFORE I COULD MAKE A CALL TO QUESTION THE TWR AND THE OTHER AIRPLANE, THE TWR ASKED THE CESSNA IF THEY HAD OUR ACFT IN SIGHT, WHICH REPLIED 'NEGATIVE, UH...OH, OH.' THE TWR THEN CALLED ME, MUTTERED SOMETHING, AND I IMMEDIATELY ASKED FOR A R 360 DEG TURN WHILE EXECUTING IT, AND LET THE CESSNA FLY PAST US. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: IN MY OPINION, THE TWR SHOULD HAVE ASKED THE CESSNA IF IT HAD US IN SIGHT BEFORE CLRING IT FOR CLOSED TFC IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING OUR TOUCH-AND-GO. ALSO, THE PLT OF THE CESSNA CUT THE TFC PATTERN, ON THE UPWIND, SHORT, WHICH HAD THE AIRPLANE COMING UP AT US ON ITS XWIND LEG. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN WATCHING FOR THE CESSNA AS SOON AS IT WAS CLRED FOR TKOF AND CLOSED TFC WITH US.

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.