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An instructor and student in the X59 landing pattern reported a near miss with an aircraft which entered the pattern near midfield downwind; then remained in the pattern for two landings; one a full stop; without ever contacting CTAF.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1385732 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201609 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | X59.Airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | 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 |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | VHF |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 900 Flight Crew Type 725 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 200 Vertical 50 |
Narrative:
Student was flying downwind for 10 and crew was monitoring the CTAF at X59 with a few other aircraft. When we looked to the runway; abeam the numbers; another aircraft; P28A; was flying directly at us and proceeded to turn a tight downwind inside of us; cutting us off and missing us by about 200 feet horizontally and 50 vertically. The aircraft came from the south of airport and overflew it at what appeared to be traffic pattern altitude before making a direct turn to downwind. Aircraft made no radio calls and responded to no calls while operating at the airport. Other aircraft is a local aircraft that should know the procedures when operating at that aircraft on a busy day.crew extended our downwind to avoid the other aircraft and warned all others on the CTAF of the non-communicating aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An Instructor and Student in the X59 landing pattern reported a near miss with an aircraft which entered the pattern near midfield downwind; then remained in the pattern for two landings; one a full stop; without ever contacting CTAF.
Narrative: Student was flying downwind for 10 and crew was monitoring the CTAF at X59 with a few other aircraft. When we looked to the runway; abeam the numbers; another aircraft; P28A; was flying directly at us and proceeded to turn a tight downwind inside of us; cutting us off and missing us by about 200 feet horizontally and 50 vertically. The aircraft came from the south of airport and overflew it at what appeared to be traffic pattern altitude before making a direct turn to downwind. Aircraft made no radio calls and responded to no calls while operating at the airport. Other aircraft is a local aircraft that should know the procedures when operating at that aircraft on a busy day.Crew extended our downwind to avoid the other aircraft and warned all others on the CTAF of the non-communicating aircraft.
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.