Narrative:

I was flying mia/eyw leg of flight. On descending into eyw approach (radar) called out numerous targets to us, most of which were, to our knowledge, VFR small aircraft's. We were vectored and descended such that 2 VFR small aircraft's were of concern, one on each wing. We saw them both, but being a jet and moving faster than them, we weren't concerned with them once we were clear of them. Approach handed us off to eyw tower as soon as we called 'eyw in sight,' and cleared us for a visibility approach. We slowed up and configured for the approach, called tower and they told us to 'call left base' for runway 9. Tower frequency was abuzz with incompetent calls from several apparently inexperienced pilots, including one female aviator (excuse me, aviatrix) who in my opinion was a hazard to navigation--so unsure of herself was she! Anyway, tower told one of these many pilots to 'report right downwind.' it was difficult to determine which aircraft was being instructed to do this. Later telecon to manager, eyw tower, determined this aircraft was an small aircraft. The problem was that this aircraft turned final below and slightly in front of us before contacting tower as instructed. Also we were on short final (1-2 mi) when we saw the small aircraft right in front of us. We called tower who then told small aircraft to 'go around immediately.' small aircraft failed to do so, therefore, we immediately executed a go around to the south. This in itself was a bit scary in that we didn't know the whereabouts of the other aircraft in the pattern. We circled to the southwest and continued to return visually to land. We had an extremely hazardous mix of traffic that day. Interaction with navy key west is also a persistent problem. Supplemental information from acn 107114: we could have been more alert in the visibility environment.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CLOSE PROX ACR-MLG GA-SMA IN ATA AT EWY.

Narrative: I WAS FLYING MIA/EYW LEG OF FLT. ON DSNDING INTO EYW APCH (RADAR) CALLED OUT NUMEROUS TARGETS TO US, MOST OF WHICH WERE, TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, VFR SMA'S. WE WERE VECTORED AND DSNDED SUCH THAT 2 VFR SMA'S WERE OF CONCERN, ONE ON EACH WING. WE SAW THEM BOTH, BUT BEING A JET AND MOVING FASTER THAN THEM, WE WEREN'T CONCERNED WITH THEM ONCE WE WERE CLR OF THEM. APCH HANDED US OFF TO EYW TWR AS SOON AS WE CALLED 'EYW IN SIGHT,' AND CLRED US FOR A VIS APCH. WE SLOWED UP AND CONFIGURED FOR THE APCH, CALLED TWR AND THEY TOLD US TO 'CALL LEFT BASE' FOR RWY 9. TWR FREQ WAS ABUZZ WITH INCOMPETENT CALLS FROM SEVERAL APPARENTLY INEXPERIENCED PLTS, INCLUDING ONE FEMALE AVIATOR (EXCUSE ME, AVIATRIX) WHO IN MY OPINION WAS A HAZARD TO NAV--SO UNSURE OF HERSELF WAS SHE! ANYWAY, TWR TOLD ONE OF THESE MANY PLTS TO 'RPT RIGHT DOWNWIND.' IT WAS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHICH ACFT WAS BEING INSTRUCTED TO DO THIS. LATER TELECON TO MGR, EYW TWR, DETERMINED THIS ACFT WAS AN SMA. THE PROB WAS THAT THIS ACFT TURNED FINAL BELOW AND SLIGHTLY IN FRONT OF US BEFORE CONTACTING TWR AS INSTRUCTED. ALSO WE WERE ON SHORT FINAL (1-2 MI) WHEN WE SAW THE SMA RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. WE CALLED TWR WHO THEN TOLD SMA TO 'GO AROUND IMMEDIATELY.' SMA FAILED TO DO SO, THEREFORE, WE IMMEDIATELY EXECUTED A GAR TO THE S. THIS IN ITSELF WAS A BIT SCARY IN THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE OTHER ACFT IN THE PATTERN. WE CIRCLED TO THE SW AND CONTINUED TO RETURN VISUALLY TO LAND. WE HAD AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS MIX OF TFC THAT DAY. INTERACTION WITH NAVY KEY WEST IS ALSO A PERSISTENT PROB. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 107114: WE COULD HAVE BEEN MORE ALERT IN THE VIS ENVIRONMENT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.