PA28 instructor pilot reports taking evasive action at 800 feet AGL while turning downwind; to avoid...

Attributes
ACN	1263897
Time
Date	201505
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	FHB.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Bellanca Aircraft Corp Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 1031 Flight Crew Type 600
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 500 Vertical 200

Narrative:

While turning a left crosswind on an instructional flight for the active runway 9 at fhb I heard a call asking if runway 19 was the active runway for fhb. On the CTAF I stated 'no; runway niner is in use and we are now turning left downwind.' as I was talking I started scanning for any traffic seeing as how this was his first radio transmission and he did not state a position. As I looked at a heading of 360; which was now directly to our 3 o'clock; I saw a low wing aircraft approximately 500 ft to our right and slightly high. I immediately took controls form my student; pulled power to idle and push the nose over about 20 degrees. He then proceeded to cross through the departure course of runway 9 and started a right turn to re-intercept the right downwind to runway 9 parallel to our course. During this time I started to tell him about the situation he just caused and how simply making better radio calls and by having a lot more situational awareness of your location to not only the airport but to the correct runway; could of easily solved the problem of a near mid-air collision and the probable deaths of all on board both aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA28 instructor pilot reports taking evasive action at 800 feet AGL while turning downwind; to avoid a Bellanca entering the pattern on the crosswind. The Bellanca pilot had made one radio transmission enquiring about the active runway without stating his position.

Narrative: While turning a left crosswind on an instructional flight for the active Runway 9 at FHB I heard a call asking if Runway 19 was the active runway for FHB. On the CTAF I stated 'no; Runway Niner is in use and we are now turning left downwind.' As I was talking I started scanning for any traffic seeing as how this was his first radio transmission and he did not state a position. As I looked at a heading of 360; which was now directly to our 3 o'clock; I saw a low wing aircraft approximately 500 ft to our right and slightly high. I immediately took controls form my student; pulled power to idle and push the nose over about 20 degrees. He then proceeded to cross through the departure course of Runway 9 and started a right turn to re-intercept the right downwind to Runway 9 parallel to our course. During this time I started to tell him about the situation he just caused and how simply making better radio calls and by having A LOT more situational awareness of your location to not only the airport but to the correct runway; could of easily solved the problem of a near mid-air collision and the probable deaths of all on board both aircraft.

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.

PA28 instructor pilot reports taking evasive action at 800 feet AGL while turning downwind; to avoid a bellanca entering the pattern on the crosswind. The bellanca pilot had made one radio transmission enquiring about the active runway without stating his position.