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C172 instructor pilot reported an near midair collision in the pattern at gfk following a misunderstanding as to their sequence.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1341959 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201603 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | GFK.Airport |
| State Reference | ND |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 100 Vertical 100 |
Narrative:
Was told by ATC to follow the traffic in the downwind; saw traffic off to our right; I checked adsb and looked for other traffic. Seeing nobody the student and I turned right to follow traffic just off of our right wing. Both the student and I realized that the traffic we were to follow was just above us because we made the turn too early. We dropped altitude immediately by 400 ft and let ATC know what happened. They had the traffic above us extend downwind for spacing.corrective action would be to pay attention to understand specifically which traffic we were to follow and be sure to have the traffic visually before making a turn towards other traffic.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C172 instructor pilot reported an NMAC in the pattern at GFK following a misunderstanding as to their sequence.
Narrative: Was told by ATC to follow the traffic in the downwind; saw traffic off to our right; I checked ADSB and looked for other traffic. Seeing nobody the student and I turned right to follow traffic just off of our right wing. Both the student and I realized that the traffic we were to follow was just above us because we made the turn too early. We dropped altitude immediately by 400 ft and let ATC know what happened. They had the traffic above us extend downwind for spacing.Corrective action would be to pay attention to understand specifically which traffic we were to follow and be sure to have the traffic visually before making a turn towards other traffic.
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.