Following practicing landings on one runway and while transitioning to approaches on a parallel runw...

Attributes
ACN	913125
Time
Date	201010
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Tower
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 750 Flight Crew Type 300
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 0 Vertical 400

Narrative:

On a recent training flight with my student; we experienced a near collision with a helicopter while operating in the traffic pattern. We had been practicing landings on the right runway at our local airport. Near the end of the lesson; we decided to switch to the left runway because it would result in a much shorter taxi to the ramp area. We requested the runway switch with the control tower while on the upwind leg; and he approved the transition. He then instructed us to turn crosswind for the parallel runway. Shortly after; he called us back with an urgent tone telling us to climb to an altitude 500 ft above traffic pattern; and informed us that there was a helicopter operating between the parallel runways. Before we could respond; he instructed us to 'climb climb climb'. We never saw the helicopter; but we identified him with our ads-B [automatic dependent surveillance - bravo] equipment on our mfd screen. He passed approximately 400 ft directly below us.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Following practicing landings on one runway and while transitioning to approaches on a parallel runway; a C172 with an Instructor and Student Pilots aboard experienced an NMAC with a helicopter operating between the two runways.

Narrative: On a recent training flight with my student; we experienced a near collision with a helicopter while operating in the traffic pattern. We had been practicing landings on the right runway at our local airport. Near the end of the lesson; we decided to switch to the left runway because it would result in a much shorter taxi to the ramp area. We requested the runway switch with the Control Tower while on the upwind leg; and he approved the transition. He then instructed us to turn crosswind for the parallel runway. Shortly after; he called us back with an urgent tone telling us to climb to an altitude 500 FT above traffic pattern; and informed us that there was a helicopter operating between the parallel runways. Before we could respond; he instructed us to 'Climb Climb Climb'. We never saw the helicopter; but we identified him with our ADS-B [Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Bravo] equipment on our MFD screen. He passed approximately 400 FT directly below 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.

Following practicing landings on one runway and while transitioning to approaches on a parallel runway; a C172 with an instructor and student pilots aboard experienced an near midair collision with a helicopter operating between the two runways.