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An aircraft climbing out of 5;800 feet northwest of phx; had a near miss with a non transponder equipped aircraft near the pleasant valley glider port.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1348830 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201604 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | GYR.Airport |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Student |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Instructor |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 0 Vertical 200 |
Narrative:
ATC advised us to climb to our cruising altitude of 9;500 feet; our position at the time of issue was 5;700 feet overhead pleasant valley; which is a glider field. At that time I had my climb initiated and we were flying at 120 KIAS at a continuous climb rate. As I was selecting my course selector to the next course as it is necessary in the flight school procedures; I concentrate my focus shortly on this task. Suddenly our backseater calls out traffic; so I looked up and luckily immediately saw [aircraft Y] about 200 feet above us heading direct towards our [aircraft]; from the right to the left. Our heading was northerly towards lake pleasant. I initially took the decision to lower the nose to 10-15 degree nose down to avoid the traffic which wasn't indicated on our tcad. After that near miss the incident was reported to phoenix approach and we continued our mission towards. At the closest point we had a spacing of about 200 feet.be equipped with a transponder to prevent such incidents. Even with scanning the sky it is sometimes pretty hard to see them.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An aircraft climbing out of 5;800 feet northwest of PHX; had a near miss with a non transponder equipped aircraft near the Pleasant Valley glider port.
Narrative: ATC advised us to climb to our cruising Altitude of 9;500 feet; our position at the time of issue was 5;700 feet overhead Pleasant Valley; which is a Glider field. At that time I had my climb initiated and we were flying at 120 KIAS at a continuous climb rate. As I was selecting my course selector to the next course as it is necessary in the flight school procedures; I concentrate my focus shortly on this task. Suddenly our backseater calls out traffic; so I looked up and luckily immediately saw [Aircraft Y] about 200 feet above us heading direct towards our [aircraft]; from the right to the left. Our Heading was Northerly towards Lake Pleasant. I initially took the decision to lower the nose to 10-15 degree nose down to avoid the traffic which wasn't indicated on our TCAD. After that near miss the incident was reported to Phoenix Approach and we continued our mission towards. At the closest point we had a spacing of about 200 feet.Be equipped with a Transponder to prevent such incidents. Even with scanning the sky it is sometimes pretty hard to see them.
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.