Narrative:

I was flying IFR with a safety pilot. We had been in and out of the clouds throughout the flight. On final approach for an ILS we had just descended below the clouds when my safety pilot told me that we had some really close traffic. I looked up in time to see a C150 pass about 50 ft off my right wing. I reported this to tower, and they said they weren't talking to him. I landed right behind the rogue cessna and asked the ground controller for his full tail number so that I could report the near miss. Ground instead gave me a phone number and asked me to call the tower supervisor. When I called the tower, the supervisor told me that the pilot had been told to follow me. He apologized for letting him get so close, and assured me that the situation was being handled. When I asked what I needed to do to report the near midair collision the supervisor became defensive. He said that if I wanted to call it an near midair collision then that complicated things a lot more, but if I just didn't use those words then the tower could handle it internally. The other aircraft was being flown by a solo student pilot. I asked around and spoke to his flight instructor. The student didn't speak much english, and was on his first solo in controled airspace. The tower put him about 1 mi behind me, and told him to follow me in. The student was frightened and confused, so when tower told him for the second time to follow me, he just said 'roger.' I work at another flight school on the field, so I'm not interested in causing trouble with the controllers. I would sort of like to see an enforcement action against a rival flight school, but I don't think that would help things in this case. This flight school is known for importing foreign flight students, and we often have communications problems with them. I think that student pilots should be required to speak english just like all other pilots. I'm also confused about the definitions. I thought that an near midair collision was anything closer than 500 ft. How does what I call it change what it is? I feel I have an obligation to report these things so that future incidents can be prevented.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NMAC BTWN A C172 JUST BREAKING OUT OF CLOUDS ON AN ILS FINAL APCH AND A C15O PASSING OFF THE R WING.

Narrative: I WAS FLYING IFR WITH A SAFETY PLT. WE HAD BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE CLOUDS THROUGHOUT THE FLT. ON FINAL APCH FOR AN ILS WE HAD JUST DSNDED BELOW THE CLOUDS WHEN MY SAFETY PLT TOLD ME THAT WE HAD SOME REALLY CLOSE TFC. I LOOKED UP IN TIME TO SEE A C150 PASS ABOUT 50 FT OFF MY R WING. I RPTED THIS TO TWR, AND THEY SAID THEY WEREN'T TALKING TO HIM. I LANDED RIGHT BEHIND THE ROGUE CESSNA AND ASKED THE GND CTLR FOR HIS FULL TAIL NUMBER SO THAT I COULD RPT THE NEAR MISS. GND INSTEAD GAVE ME A PHONE NUMBER AND ASKED ME TO CALL THE TWR SUPVR. WHEN I CALLED THE TWR, THE SUPVR TOLD ME THAT THE PLT HAD BEEN TOLD TO FOLLOW ME. HE APOLOGIZED FOR LETTING HIM GET SO CLOSE, AND ASSURED ME THAT THE SIT WAS BEING HANDLED. WHEN I ASKED WHAT I NEEDED TO DO TO RPT THE NMAC THE SUPVR BECAME DEFENSIVE. HE SAID THAT IF I WANTED TO CALL IT AN NMAC THEN THAT COMPLICATED THINGS A LOT MORE, BUT IF I JUST DIDN'T USE THOSE WORDS THEN THE TWR COULD HANDLE IT INTERNALLY. THE OTHER ACFT WAS BEING FLOWN BY A SOLO STUDENT PLT. I ASKED AROUND AND SPOKE TO HIS FLT INSTRUCTOR. THE STUDENT DIDN'T SPEAK MUCH ENGLISH, AND WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO IN CTLED AIRSPACE. THE TWR PUT HIM ABOUT 1 MI BEHIND ME, AND TOLD HIM TO FOLLOW ME IN. THE STUDENT WAS FRIGHTENED AND CONFUSED, SO WHEN TWR TOLD HIM FOR THE SECOND TIME TO FOLLOW ME, HE JUST SAID 'ROGER.' I WORK AT ANOTHER FLT SCHOOL ON THE FIELD, SO I'M NOT INTERESTED IN CAUSING TROUBLE WITH THE CTLRS. I WOULD SORT OF LIKE TO SEE AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST A RIVAL FLT SCHOOL, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD HELP THINGS IN THIS CASE. THIS FLT SCHOOL IS KNOWN FOR IMPORTING FOREIGN FLT STUDENTS, AND WE OFTEN HAVE COMS PROBS WITH THEM. I THINK THAT STUDENT PLTS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO SPEAK ENGLISH JUST LIKE ALL OTHER PLTS. I'M ALSO CONFUSED ABOUT THE DEFINITIONS. I THOUGHT THAT AN NMAC WAS ANYTHING CLOSER THAN 500 FT. HOW DOES WHAT I CALL IT CHANGE WHAT IT IS? I FEEL I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO RPT THESE THINGS SO THAT FUTURE INCIDENTS CAN BE PREVENTED.

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.