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Near midair collision between an RV6 small aircraft sel nearing traffic pattern for landing at an uncontrolled airport and a sel biplane flying up along the right side of him, 30 ft away, without any prior arrangement or warning. It startled the reporter since he had not made any prior arrangement to do formation flight and the other aircraft was unknown to him.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 411130 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199808 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : f55 |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2500 msl bound upper : 2500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Amateur (Home) Built |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 411130 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 30 vertical : 30 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
On a return VFR flight from spinks, tx, to thomson airport, a colored, I think colored, biplane broke off doing aerobatics and flew up behind my RV6A on my right side within 30 ft of my aircraft. This formation was not briefed and no contact was established prior or during.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NMAC BTWN AN RV6 SMA SEL NEARING TFC PATTERN FOR LNDG AT AN UNCTLED ARPT AND A SEL BIPLANE FLYING UP ALONG THE R SIDE OF HIM, 30 FT AWAY, WITHOUT ANY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT OR WARNING. IT STARTLED THE RPTR SINCE HE HAD NOT MADE ANY PRIOR ARRANGEMENT TO DO FORMATION FLT AND THE OTHER ACFT WAS UNKNOWN TO HIM.
Narrative: ON A RETURN VFR FLT FROM SPINKS, TX, TO THOMSON ARPT, A COLORED, I THINK COLORED, BIPLANE BROKE OFF DOING AEROBATICS AND FLEW UP BEHIND MY RV6A ON MY R SIDE WITHIN 30 FT OF MY ACFT. THIS FORMATION WAS NOT BRIEFED AND NO CONTACT WAS ESTABLISHED PRIOR OR DURING.
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.