 |
37000 Feet | Browse and search NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System |
|
An instructor on the downwind at CTAF rnv reported a near miss with an aircraft showing no lights and apparently no attempted communications.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1294380 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201509 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | RNV.Airport |
| State Reference | MS |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | None Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 500 Flight Crew Type 380 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 0 Vertical 100 |
Narrative:
Aircraft passed under us; opposite direction at 1;000 feet MSL approximately. Aircraft was making no radio calls and had no lights on; strobes were off or inoperative on aircraft. We were on downwind leg approaching our point of descent when the conflict occurred.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An Instructor on the downwind at CTAF RNV reported a near miss with an aircraft showing no lights and apparently no attempted communications.
Narrative: Aircraft passed under us; opposite direction at 1;000 feet MSL approximately. Aircraft was making no radio calls and had no lights on; strobes were off or inoperative on aircraft. We were on downwind leg approaching our point of descent when the conflict occurred.
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.