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A C172 student pilot has an exciting go around that developed into an near midair collision with a departure mooney at cma, ca.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 437340 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199905 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cma.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 200 msl bound upper : 500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : cma.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : go around |
| Route In Use | approach : traffic pattern approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : cma.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | M-20 Series Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial climbout : takeoff ground : takeoff roll ground : position and hold |
| Route In Use | departure : vfr |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : student |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 59 flight time type : 59 |
| ASRS Report | 437340 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 250 vertical : 0 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
At XA10 local time on may/sat/99, a C172 was operating in the local traffic pattern conducting 'touch and goes' by a student pilot training solo. The student pilot was cleared for 'touch and go' by the tower when crossing las posas road on left downwind. When on final approach and configured for touch and go, a mooney aircraft who was cleared for takeoff hesitated, prompting the controller to issue another clearance to that aircraft requesting they expedite the takeoff. Cessna was issued a 'go around' clearance which the student pilot complied with. The student pilot elected to climb to 500 ft MSL, not pattern altitude of 875 ft MSL, and executed a slight right turn in order to keep the mooney aircraft in sight. Once cessna passed the ATC tower, the controller requested it to turn left. The student pilot said no, claiming the mooney was 'abeam' his left wing to the south, slightly lower in altitude. Once the mooney was at 300 ft MSL (estimated by student pilot), he executed a climbing right hand turn towards a northwesterly heading which the student pilot felt would have created a collision hazard. The student pilot therefore 'dove' to 200 ft MSL to clear the aircraft. The student believes that the mooney aircraft climbed above and over top of him while he was in the descending maneuver. The student pilot felt that he and the mooney were approximately 250 ft apart in distance. The student pilot then climbed to pattern altitude and resumed normal left hand traffic pattern operations.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A C172 STUDENT PLT HAS AN EXCITING GAR THAT DEVELOPED INTO AN NMAC WITH A DEP MOONEY AT CMA, CA.
Narrative: AT XA10 LCL TIME ON MAY/SAT/99, A C172 WAS OPERATING IN THE LCL TFC PATTERN CONDUCTING 'TOUCH AND GOES' BY A STUDENT PLT TRAINING SOLO. THE STUDENT PLT WAS CLRED FOR 'TOUCH AND GO' BY THE TWR WHEN XING LAS POSAS ROAD ON L DOWNWIND. WHEN ON FINAL APCH AND CONFIGURED FOR TOUCH AND GO, A MOONEY ACFT WHO WAS CLRED FOR TKOF HESITATED, PROMPTING THE CTLR TO ISSUE ANOTHER CLRNC TO THAT ACFT REQUESTING THEY EXPEDITE THE TKOF. CESSNA WAS ISSUED A 'GAR' CLRNC WHICH THE STUDENT PLT COMPLIED WITH. THE STUDENT PLT ELECTED TO CLB TO 500 FT MSL, NOT PATTERN ALT OF 875 FT MSL, AND EXECUTED A SLIGHT R TURN IN ORDER TO KEEP THE MOONEY ACFT IN SIGHT. ONCE CESSNA PASSED THE ATC TWR, THE CTLR REQUESTED IT TO TURN L. THE STUDENT PLT SAID NO, CLAIMING THE MOONEY WAS 'ABEAM' HIS L WING TO THE S, SLIGHTLY LOWER IN ALT. ONCE THE MOONEY WAS AT 300 FT MSL (ESTIMATED BY STUDENT PLT), HE EXECUTED A CLBING R HAND TURN TOWARDS A NORTHWESTERLY HEADING WHICH THE STUDENT PLT FELT WOULD HAVE CREATED A COLLISION HAZARD. THE STUDENT PLT THEREFORE 'DOVE' TO 200 FT MSL TO CLR THE ACFT. THE STUDENT BELIEVES THAT THE MOONEY ACFT CLBED ABOVE AND OVER TOP OF HIM WHILE HE WAS IN THE DSNDING MANEUVER. THE STUDENT PLT FELT THAT HE AND THE MOONEY WERE APPROX 250 FT APART IN DISTANCE. THE STUDENT PLT THEN CLBED TO PATTERN ALT AND RESUMED NORMAL L HAND TFC PATTERN OPS.
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.