Two piper aircraft had a near miss at coi after the second aircraft announced entering the pattern b...

Attributes
ACN	1150777
Time
Date	201402
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	COI.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Other Downwind
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Piper Single Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Other Pattern Entry
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 7.6 Flight Crew Total 389.3 Flight Crew Type 221.6
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 400 Vertical 0

Narrative:

While flying in the traffic pattern at coi; another piper called that he was going to be entering the pattern. As we were turning left downwind for 29; I could see the traffic making its turn to the 45 for downwind a little closer than normal. Shortly after; the PNF; a CFI; made an exclamation; took the controls and rocked the wings abruptly while contacting the incoming aircraft. As he was doing this; I could clearly see the traffic heading directly at our right wing at the same altitude and an estimated horizontal distance of 400 feet or less. The pilot of the aircraft had us in sight and was able to join the pattern behind us as he planned but it was too close for comfort. Both aircraft landed without further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Two Piper aircraft had a near miss at COI after the second aircraft announced entering the pattern but entered on the downwind near the aircraft already in the pattern.

Narrative: While flying in the traffic pattern at COI; another Piper called that he was going to be entering the pattern. As we were turning left downwind for 29; I could see the traffic making its turn to the 45 for downwind a little closer than normal. Shortly after; the PNF; a CFI; made an exclamation; took the controls and rocked the wings abruptly while contacting the incoming aircraft. As he was doing this; I could clearly see the traffic heading directly at our right wing at the same altitude and an estimated horizontal distance of 400 feet or less. The pilot of the aircraft had us in sight and was able to join the pattern behind us as he planned but it was too close for comfort. Both aircraft landed without further incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Two piper aircraft had a near miss at coi after the second aircraft announced entering the pattern but entered on the downwind near the aircraft already in the pattern.