A navion pilot reported that after a local controller changed runways from 12 to 30 a near miss occurred between his aircraft and another maneuvering for the newly assigned runway.

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Attributes
ACN	877825
Time
Date	201003
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Navion Aircraft Corp Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Cirrus Aircraft Undifferentiated
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 400 Flight Crew Type 45
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 25 Vertical 30

Narrative:

Tower had cleared us to runway 30R; then we were abruptly changed to runway 12R and the cirrus was also cleared to runway 12R and he passed below us from behind very close. He never saw us.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Navion Pilot reported that after a Local Controller changed Runways from 12 to 30 a near miss occurred between his aircraft and another maneuvering for the newly assigned runway.

Narrative: Tower had cleared us to Runway 30R; then we were abruptly changed to Runway 12R and the Cirrus was also cleared to Runway 12R and he passed below us from behind very close. He never saw us.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.