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Attributes | |
ACN | 1383518 |
Time | |
Date | 201608 |
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 | Cessna Stationair/Turbo Stationair 6 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
Flight Phase | Final Approach |
Route In Use | Visual Approach |
Flight Plan | VFR |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | J3 Cub |
Flight Phase | Final Approach |
Person 1 | |
Function | Single Pilot |
Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 300 Flight Crew Total 1450 Flight Crew Type 200 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Miss Distance | Horizontal 0 Vertical 150 |
Narrative:
I was performing the duty of a pilot in command on a FAA part 135 passenger flight from ZZZ1 to ZZZ. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed; and I filed a VFR flight plan with ZZZ1 radio before departure. I was flying a 1967 cessna 206B with 4 passengers on board.the flight went uneventful; until reaching about 3 miles south west from ZZZ. I was in a slow descent from 1500 feet MSL for a straight-in approach for runway 2 (winds were calm). About a mile before reaching [that point] I announced my position and altitude on [CTAF] (1000 feet MSL); and a couple seconds later I heard a pilot calling 'for runway 2'. I immediately arrested my descent and continued on my present heading. I keyed the microphone again and told him I'm at the same spot at a 950 feet. He responded he is at 800 feet. At that point I set the climb power and started a right hand turn still searching for visual contact. He came back on the radio saying 'man you're 50 feet above me'; I was already in a climbing turn and a couple of seconds later saw him on my left side - about 150 feet below me. It was a piper cub on floats (amphibian). As I continued my climbing right turn the pilot of a cub told me I can 'go ahead and land first'; which I declined - I was already too high and fast for a stabilized approach. He landed first and I followed after completing a wide '360'.I've made at least 6 position reports as per LOA on [CTAF] on my way to ZZZ - including 'zzzzz point' just minutes. I never heard anything from the other pilot. I even asked my co-worker - who was flying to ZZZ2 - about 10 miles behind me if he heard anything from the other airplane on his radio - the answer was no.I did not see him while doing my visual traffic scan. Apparently; we were on exactly the same path (horizontally). Only 500 feet apart vertically; and with a shallow descent angle and pretty much level attitude of my airplane I couldn't see him - he was below my 'dash' - in a blind spot.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A pilot of a Cessna 206B reported while on approach into an uncontrolled airport using CTAF came within 150 feet of colliding with another aircraft below him.
Narrative: I was performing the duty of a Pilot in Command on a FAA part 135 passenger flight from ZZZ1 to ZZZ. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed; and I filed a VFR flight plan with ZZZ1 Radio before departure. I was flying a 1967 Cessna 206B with 4 passengers on board.The flight went uneventful; until reaching about 3 miles south west from ZZZ. I was in a slow descent from 1500 feet MSL for a straight-in approach for runway 2 (winds were calm). About a mile before reaching [that point] I announced my position and altitude on [CTAF] (1000 feet MSL); and a couple seconds later I heard a pilot calling 'for runway 2'. I immediately arrested my descent and continued on my present heading. I keyed the microphone again and told him I'm at the same spot at a 950 feet. He responded he is at 800 feet. At that point I set the climb power and started a right hand turn still searching for visual contact. He came back on the radio saying 'Man you're 50 feet above me'; I was already in a climbing turn and a couple of seconds later saw him on my left side - about 150 feet below me. It was a Piper Cub on floats (amphibian). As I continued my climbing right turn the pilot of a Cub told me I can 'go ahead and land first'; which I declined - I was already too high and fast for a stabilized approach. He landed first and I followed after completing a wide '360'.I've made at least 6 position reports as per LOA on [CTAF] on my way to ZZZ - including 'ZZZZZ Point' just minutes. I never heard anything from the other pilot. I even asked my co-worker - who was flying to ZZZ2 - about 10 miles behind me if he heard anything from the other airplane on his radio - the answer was no.I did not see him while doing my visual traffic scan. Apparently; we were on exactly the same path (horizontally). Only 500 feet apart vertically; and with a shallow descent angle and pretty much level attitude of my airplane I couldn't see him - he was below my 'dash' - in a blind spot.
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.