An instructor took the aircraft from his student after they saw two aircraft lights descend into the...

Attributes
ACN	1158449
Time
Date	201403
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	DAB.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 525 Flight Crew Type 30
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance
Miss Distance	Horizontal 200 Vertical 50

Narrative:

As we were getting vectors for the approach RNAV 7L; I; the instructor; was handling the radios and the student was flying the aircraft. During our approach clearance from ATC the student said; 'look do you see that?' he pointed up and about 1:30 clock reference. When I looked I saw 2 white lights about a wingspan length apart and from what I believe was an aircraft descending on top of us. I took the controls and bank and pitched the aircraft down and descended to 1;000 MSL. A total amount of 600 ft was lost in the event. I reported to ATC what I have done and my reasoning and then they asked if I would like vectors around for another approach to which we agreed with. While getting vectors for the approach again; ATC reported to us that there was no aircraft in the area that could have been a conflict with our flight path. We continued the approach and landing uneventful. In the debrief between the student and I we came to an agreement that what we saw was an aircraft of some caliber descending on top of us. The student and I did not see a landing light; position lights; or strobe lights. All we saw was 2 white recognition lights coming down on top of us. The student saw the aircraft maneuver away from us as we started our descending left bank turn.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An instructor took the aircraft from his student after they saw two aircraft lights descend into them while in an instrument approach to DAB. ATC reported no nearby traffic.

Narrative: As we were getting vectors for the approach RNAV 7L; I; the instructor; was handling the radios and the student was flying the aircraft. During our approach clearance from ATC the student said; 'Look do you see that?' He pointed up and about 1:30 clock reference. When I looked I saw 2 white lights about a wingspan length apart and from what I believe was an aircraft descending on top of us. I took the controls and bank and pitched the aircraft down and descended to 1;000 MSL. A total amount of 600 FT was lost in the event. I reported to ATC what I have done and my reasoning and then they asked if I would like vectors around for another approach to which we agreed with. While getting vectors for the approach again; ATC reported to us that there was no aircraft in the area that could have been a conflict with our flight path. We continued the approach and landing uneventful. In the debrief between the student and I we came to an agreement that what we saw was an aircraft of some caliber descending on top of us. The student and I did not see a landing light; position lights; or strobe lights. All we saw was 2 white recognition lights coming down on top of us. The student saw the aircraft maneuver away from us as we started our descending left bank turn.

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.

An instructor took the aircraft from his student after they saw two aircraft lights descend into them while in an instrument approach to dab. ATC reported no nearby traffic.