Air tractor pilot reports near midair collision with low wing single on short final to uncontrolled airport. Reporter is able to go under and slide left to avoid a collision.

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Attributes
ACN	818198
Time
Date	200812
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 400
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : zzz.tower
Operator	Other
Make Model Name	Other
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 6500
ASRS Report	818198
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Miss Distance	horizontal : 0 vertical : 10
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Aircraft Airport Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Approaching ZZZ in the air tractor; I flew a normal downwind pattern and had looked into the sun for other traffic. On approximately 1/2 mile final to runway 18; I pushed the nose down more as I had made a power reduction and had full flaps out. When I pitched it down; in front of me was a retractable gear single that had been hidden by my wing or nose. Since I was pitched down and going faster than the other plane; I increased the descent and passed underneath the other plane. The nose of the air tractor was about under the other plane's left wingtip. I continued the descent and skidded to the left to maximize clearance and then I was well to the left of the runway; I could see tht the other plane was safely going around.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air tractor pilot reports NMAC with low wing single on short final to uncontrolled airport. Reporter is able to go under and slide left to avoid a collision.

Narrative: Approaching ZZZ in the air tractor; I flew a normal downwind pattern and had looked into the sun for other traffic. On approximately 1/2 mile final to Runway 18; I pushed the nose down more as I had made a power reduction and had full flaps out. When I pitched it down; in front of me was a retractable gear single that had been hidden by my wing or nose. Since I was pitched down and going faster than the other plane; I increased the descent and passed underneath the other plane. The nose of the air tractor was about under the other plane's left wingtip. I continued the descent and skidded to the left to maximize clearance and then I was well to the left of the runway; I could see tht the other plane was safely going around.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.