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PA44 student pilot reported an near midair collision in the vicinity of niagara falls after failing to fly the published photo pattern.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1445809 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201705 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | IAG.Airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-44 Seminole/Turbo Seminole |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Trainee |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 100 |
Narrative:
Me and my flight instructor intended on circling niagara falls to take a few pictures. We did not have the plate for circling in front of us and we were circling counter-clockwise. We made a radio call to the traffic in the area and got no response. We had traffic in sight but originally we both perceived the motion of the other aircraft to be moving away from us and turning left; a few seconds later we both realized our traffic was headed towards us. We descended below the 3;500 ft altitude designated for the airspace in order to avoid traffic. We ended up at 3;200 ft and our traffic passed about 100 ft to our left. Contributing factors were us not having the circling pattern out and ready to use; as well as both of us misjudging the other aircraft's direction of flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA44 student pilot reported an NMAC in the vicinity of Niagara Falls after failing to fly the published photo pattern.
Narrative: Me and my flight instructor intended on circling Niagara Falls to take a few pictures. We did not have the plate for circling in front of us and we were circling counter-clockwise. We made a radio call to the traffic in the area and got no response. We had traffic in sight but originally we both perceived the motion of the other aircraft to be moving away from us and turning left; a few seconds later we both realized our traffic was headed towards us. We descended below the 3;500 ft altitude designated for the airspace in order to avoid traffic. We ended up at 3;200 ft and our traffic passed about 100 FT to our left. Contributing factors were us not having the circling pattern out and ready to use; as well as both of us misjudging the other aircraft's direction of flight.
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.