Light aircraft pilot has near midair collision with other traffic in pattern landing at eyw.

Attributes
ACN	423298
Time
Date	199812
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : eyw
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 700 agl bound upper : 700
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	landing other
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 4 flight time total : 120 flight time type : 105
ASRS Report	423298
Person 2
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 300 vertical : 300
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

At a distance of 5 NM southeast of eyw, contact was made with eyw control tower. We were instructed to enter a right downwind for runway 9. On the right base to final turn we saw a mid-size propeller aircraft at our 11 O'clock low position. No particular evasive action was required at this time since the traffic was no longer a factor. We received further sequencing from the tower and landed safely. Contributing factors: 1) eyw tower informed us that they had instructed us to report on the right downwind abeam the tower but we do not recall hearing the instruction. 2) since no particular traffic was called out to us we were not looking for traffic at any particular position. We failed to spot traffic that might have been camouflaged partly by a densely populated area located west of the runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LIGHT ACFT PLT HAS NMAC WITH OTHER TFC IN PATTERN LNDG AT EYW.

Narrative: AT A DISTANCE OF 5 NM SE OF EYW, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH EYW CTL TWR. WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO ENTER A R DOWNWIND FOR RWY 9. ON THE R BASE TO FINAL TURN WE SAW A MID-SIZE PROP ACFT AT OUR 11 O'CLOCK LOW POS. NO PARTICULAR EVASIVE ACTION WAS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME SINCE THE TFC WAS NO LONGER A FACTOR. WE RECEIVED FURTHER SEQUENCING FROM THE TWR AND LANDED SAFELY. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: 1) EYW TWR INFORMED US THAT THEY HAD INSTRUCTED US TO RPT ON THE R DOWNWIND ABEAM THE TWR BUT WE DO NOT RECALL HEARING THE INSTRUCTION. 2) SINCE NO PARTICULAR TFC WAS CALLED OUT TO US WE WERE NOT LOOKING FOR TFC AT ANY PARTICULAR POS. WE FAILED TO SPOT TFC THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN CAMOUFLAGED PARTLY BY A DENSELY POPULATED AREA LOCATED W OF THE RWY.

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.