<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1390790, September 2016

GA student pilot reported an near midair collision and evasive action taken while traveling northbound in the rnt area with another GA aircraft traveling southbound. The reporter stated the southbound traffic did not take any action.

Attributes
ACN	1390790
Time
Date	201609
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	RNT.Airport
State Reference	WA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Trainee Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Student
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 26 Flight Crew Total 66 Flight Crew Type 26
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 200 Vertical 0

Narrative:

Aircraft were approaching head-on; one on a north heading and the second on a south heading. Northbound aircraft observed oncoming traffic at a distance of 300 feet and immediately took evasive action. The oncoming aircraft took no action; there was no indication that the northbound aircraft was observed by the southbound aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA student pilot reported an NMAC and evasive action taken while traveling northbound in the RNT area with another GA aircraft traveling southbound. The reporter stated the southbound traffic did not take any action.

Narrative: Aircraft were approaching head-on; one on a north heading and the second on a south heading. Northbound aircraft observed oncoming traffic at a distance of 300 feet and immediately took evasive action. The oncoming aircraft took no action; there was no indication that the northbound aircraft was observed by the southbound 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.