Narrative:

We were flying the pattern in left closed traffic, landing on runway 25. After 1 hour of touch-and-goes, I was somewhat bored. I heard the pilot of the inbound aircraft call for a missed approach. We turned crosswind and I heard the controller authorize the frequency change to mugu departure for the pilot calling the missed approach. As the student turned downwind at approximately 800' AGL, I was too complacent. As we climbed toward pattern altitude of 1045', I noticed what appeared to be the red and green position lights of an aircraft approaching ours, head-on, less than 1/4 mi in front of us! I immediately initiated a left descending turn to the student's amazement and confusion. When I contacted the tower to inquire about the near miss (estimated at 200' vertically and 200' horizontally), the tower was unsure who the traffic was. Later, they indicated it must have been the individual flying the missed approach. The missed approach at oxnard from the ILS dictates that one fly the 249 radial from camarillo to squid intersection. The camarillo VOR is located north of the extended centerline of runway 25 at oxnard. Therefore (according to the tower), people on the published missed approach will sometimes initiate a left turn and climb out in a southwesterly direction over the shoreline. The difficulty in this instance was that the pilot of the aircraft and his instructor and/or safety pilot climbed outbnd through the traffic pattern, completely ignoring their responsibilities to maintain visual traffic separation. Complacency and boredom have no place in the cockpit under any circumstances! I called the controller in the tower and discussed this issue with him. I suggested that he could have had requested that the inbound aircraft maintain runway heading on missed approach until the shoreline and then fly the published missed. I believe the controller learned something from the incident, and my only regret is that the pilot of the aircraft flying the missed approach may have very little understanding of what a serious traffic conflict he caused. Obviously, the fact that one is cleared to 'fly the published miss' gives one no priority over VFR traffic. Certainly meeting someone head-on in the pattern is attention getting!

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CLOSE PROX TWO GA ACFT IN TRAFFIC AT OXR.

Narrative: WE WERE FLYING THE PATTERN IN LEFT CLOSED TFC, LNDG ON RWY 25. AFTER 1 HR OF TOUCH-AND-GOES, I WAS SOMEWHAT BORED. I HEARD THE PLT OF THE INBND ACFT CALL FOR A MISSED APCH. WE TURNED XWIND AND I HEARD THE CTLR AUTHORIZE THE FREQ CHANGE TO MUGU DEP FOR THE PLT CALLING THE MISSED APCH. AS THE STUDENT TURNED DOWNWIND AT APPROX 800' AGL, I WAS TOO COMPLACENT. AS WE CLIMBED TOWARD PATTERN ALT OF 1045', I NOTICED WHAT APPEARED TO BE THE RED AND GREEN POSITION LIGHTS OF AN ACFT APCHING OURS, HEAD-ON, LESS THAN 1/4 MI IN FRONT OF US! I IMMEDIATELY INITIATED A LEFT DESCENDING TURN TO THE STUDENT'S AMAZEMENT AND CONFUSION. WHEN I CONTACTED THE TWR TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE NEAR MISS (ESTIMATED AT 200' VERTICALLY AND 200' HORIZONTALLY), THE TWR WAS UNSURE WHO THE TFC WAS. LATER, THEY INDICATED IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE INDIVIDUAL FLYING THE MISSED APCH. THE MISSED APCH AT OXNARD FROM THE ILS DICTATES THAT ONE FLY THE 249 RADIAL FROM CAMARILLO TO SQUID INTXN. THE CAMARILLO VOR IS LOCATED N OF THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE OF RWY 25 AT OXNARD. THEREFORE (ACCORDING TO THE TWR), PEOPLE ON THE PUBLISHED MISSED APCH WILL SOMETIMES INITIATE A LEFT TURN AND CLIMB OUT IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION OVER THE SHORELINE. THE DIFFICULTY IN THIS INSTANCE WAS THAT THE PLT OF THE ACFT AND HIS INSTRUCTOR AND/OR SAFETY PLT CLIMBED OUTBND THROUGH THE TFC PATTERN, COMPLETELY IGNORING THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO MAINTAIN VISUAL TFC SEPARATION. COMPLACENCY AND BOREDOM HAVE NO PLACE IN THE COCKPIT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES! I CALLED THE CTLR IN THE TWR AND DISCUSSED THIS ISSUE WITH HIM. I SUGGESTED THAT HE COULD HAVE HAD REQUESTED THAT THE INBND ACFT MAINTAIN RWY HDG ON MISSED APCH UNTIL THE SHORELINE AND THEN FLY THE PUBLISHED MISSED. I BELIEVE THE CTLR LEARNED SOMETHING FROM THE INCIDENT, AND MY ONLY REGRET IS THAT THE PLT OF THE ACFT FLYING THE MISSED APCH MAY HAVE VERY LITTLE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT A SERIOUS TFC CONFLICT HE CAUSED. OBVIOUSLY, THE FACT THAT ONE IS CLRED TO 'FLY THE PUBLISHED MISS' GIVES ONE NO PRIORITY OVER VFR TFC. CERTAINLY MEETING SOMEONE HEAD-ON IN THE PATTERN IS ATTN GETTING!

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.