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Tower gave an ambiguous clearance to part 91 flight as to sequencing for landing. Resulted in a near miss in the landing pattern.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1371335 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201607 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | DA40 Diamond Star |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 1380 Flight Crew Type 350 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 200 Vertical 200 |
Narrative:
While doing touch & go's in the traffic pattern; the tower told us we were to follow the cessna 172. Once the cessna 172 passed our wing tip we turned from downwind to base. The tower called us and asked if we were on downwind and we said negative we were turning downwind to base. At this point the tower realized that we did not see a second cessna 172 in the pattern with us and had us turn crosswind then back to downwind. We gained altitude to increase the distance between the second cessna 172 and our da-40. We were then cleared to land on the parallel runway and did so without any incident.I asked each person that was in the plane (3 pilots total) if any of them heard the tower tell us we were number three behind two other cessna 172s. The other two pilots heard what I heard and that was we were to follow the cessna 172 that was on final and not the second cessna 172 that was on a 2 mile final.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Tower gave an ambiguous clearance to Part 91 flight as to sequencing for landing. Resulted in a near miss in the landing pattern.
Narrative: While doing Touch & Go's in the traffic pattern; the Tower told us we were to follow the Cessna 172. Once the Cessna 172 passed our wing tip we turned from downwind to base. The tower called us and asked if we were on downwind and we said negative we were turning downwind to base. At this point the tower realized that we did not see a second Cessna 172 in the pattern with us and had us turn crosswind then back to downwind. We gained altitude to increase the distance between the second Cessna 172 and our DA-40. We were then cleared to land on the parallel runway and did so without any incident.I asked each person that was in the Plane (3 pilots total) if any of them heard the tower tell us we were number three behind two other Cessna 172s. The other two pilots heard what I heard and that was we were to follow the Cessna 172 that was on final and not the second Cessna 172 that was on a 2 mile final.
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.