Pilot of a velocity reported an near midair collision with another light aircraft on approach to X26...

Narrative:

I was approaching X26 (sebastian) VFR from the west. Wind was 090 at 10; favoring runway 10. Since jumpers were in the air; and their landing spot is directly north of runway 10; I elected to make a straight-in approach vice a left downwind which would have put me directly over the path of the jumpers. I was attentive to the possibility of other aircraft in the pattern. I called at 15 nm; 10 nm; 5 nm; and 3 nm; each time announcing 'straight in to runway 10 to avoid jumpers.' on 1.5 mile short final a cherokee passed approximately 200 feet under me; making a left base for runway 5. I evaded by pulling up and leveling off. Immediately after the near miss the cherokee called; 'switching runways to left base; runway 5.' I called on the CTAF and asked the cherokee if he saw my aircraft that he had just passed under. He stated 'we saw you at the last second...we thought you were farther out.' after I landed on runway 10; I saw the cherokee do a touch and go on runway 5 then depart the area. Based on the aircraft's severe wing rocking on short final; I assume this was a student pilot performing crosswind training. I never heard a call from the student pilot; and assume the person who answered me was a flight instructor. I had all lights on my aircraft turned on; which included landing light; strobes and position lights.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot of a Velocity reported an NMAC with another light aircraft on approach to X26.

Narrative: I was approaching X26 (Sebastian) VFR from the west. Wind was 090 at 10; favoring Runway 10. Since jumpers were in the air; and their landing spot is directly north of Runway 10; I elected to make a straight-in approach vice a left downwind which would have put me directly over the path of the jumpers. I was attentive to the possibility of other aircraft in the pattern. I called at 15 nm; 10 nm; 5 nm; and 3 nm; each time announcing 'straight in to Runway 10 to avoid jumpers.' On 1.5 mile short final a Cherokee passed approximately 200 feet under me; making a left base for Runway 5. I evaded by pulling up and leveling off. Immediately after the near miss the Cherokee called; 'switching runways to left base; Runway 5.' I called on the CTAF and asked the Cherokee if he saw my aircraft that he had just passed under. He stated 'we saw you at the last second...we thought you were farther out.' After I landed on Runway 10; I saw the Cherokee do a touch and go on Runway 5 then depart the area. Based on the aircraft's severe wing rocking on short final; I assume this was a student pilot performing crosswind training. I never heard a call from the student pilot; and assume the person who answered me was a flight instructor. I had all lights on my aircraft turned on; which included landing light; strobes and position lights.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1268910
Time
Date	201506
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	X26.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Amateur/Home Built/Experimental
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Direct Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 1500 Flight Crew Type 750
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 500 Vertical 200