A distracted pilot made a turn for a sfb runway 9R base but took evasive action at the same time ATC...

Narrative:

I was flying the VFR closed traffic pattern for runway 9R at sanford international; and had requested a full stop landing while on the downwind leg from ATC. I was cleared to land; I do not recall if I was cleared number one; or cleared to land following traffic in the pattern. I began to descend from pattern altitude; and then began my turn to the base leg. Shortly after my turn from downwind to base; I saw traffic on final for runway 9R at my 11 o'clock; moving from left to right. The traffic was approximately 100 feet below me; and 600 feet at my 11 o'clock; moving through 12 o'clock. I made a sharp left turn back in the direction I was flying on downwind and added full power to maintain altitude and airspeed. Simultaneously; the tower controller told me to extend my downwind leg. A second controller came on frequency told me to immediately climb to 1;500 feet. Once it was established traffic was no longer a factor; I was cleared to land; and the rest of the approach was flown normally.the problem either arose from my own distractedness; and I missed the instruction to follow traffic; or the tower controller failed to advise me of the traffic. I was distracted because I was talking to a passenger; and was not practicing sterile cockpit procedures.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A distracted pilot made a turn for a SFB Runway 9R base but took evasive action at the same time ATC called to issue a turn and climb because of traffic already on final for 9R.

Narrative: I was flying the VFR closed traffic pattern for Runway 9R at Sanford International; and had requested a full stop landing while on the downwind leg from ATC. I was cleared to land; I do not recall if I was cleared number one; or cleared to land following traffic in the pattern. I began to descend from pattern altitude; and then began my turn to the base leg. Shortly after my turn from downwind to base; I saw traffic on final for Runway 9R at my 11 o'clock; moving from left to right. The traffic was approximately 100 feet below me; and 600 feet at my 11 o'clock; moving through 12 o'clock. I made a sharp left turn back in the direction I was flying on downwind and added full power to maintain altitude and airspeed. Simultaneously; the tower controller told me to extend my downwind leg. A second controller came on frequency told me to immediately climb to 1;500 feet. Once it was established traffic was no longer a factor; I was cleared to land; and the rest of the approach was flown normally.The problem either arose from my own distractedness; and I missed the instruction to follow traffic; or the tower controller failed to advise me of the traffic. I was distracted because I was talking to a passenger; and was not practicing sterile cockpit procedures.

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	1290143
Time
Date	201508
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	SFB.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types
Miss Distance	Horizontal 600 Vertical 100

A distracted pilot made a turn for a sfb runway 9R base but took evasive action at the same time ATC called to issue a turn and climb because of traffic already on final for 9R.