<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1463281, July 2017

Instructor pilot inbound to btl reported a near midair collision with a departure aircraft that did not display on traffic information service.

Attributes
ACN	1463281
Time
Date	201707
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	BTL.Airport
State Reference	MI
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Descent
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Total 970
Events
Anomaly	Conflict NMAC
Miss Distance	Horizontal 300 Vertical 0

Narrative:

Reaching 8 NM due south of the btl airport; tower was tuned in and it was fairly busy we made contact about 6.5 from airport we were directed to proceed to left traffic for 23L; about reaching 3 NM from the airport ATC alerted us to traffic that departed 23L was at our 12 o'clock opposite direction; same altitude; and suggested that we turn westbound to avoid; traffic was immediately noted; instructor pilot took controls to avoid; we were approximately 300-500 feet from the other aircraft. Aircraft never showed up on flight watch; traffic information system (tis); and there was no communication that could be heard from that aircraft departing while we were on frequency to indicate that they were going to be southbound.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Instructor pilot inbound to BTL reported a NMAC with a departure aircraft that did not display on traffic information service.

Narrative: Reaching 8 NM due south of the BTL airport; Tower was tuned in and it was fairly busy we made contact about 6.5 from airport we were directed to proceed to left traffic for 23L; about reaching 3 NM from the airport ATC alerted us to traffic that departed 23L was at our 12 o'clock opposite direction; same altitude; and suggested that we turn westbound to avoid; traffic was immediately noted; instructor pilot took controls to avoid; we were approximately 300-500 feet from the other aircraft. Aircraft never showed up on flight watch; Traffic Information System (TIS); and there was no communication that could be heard from that aircraft departing while we were on frequency to indicate that they were going to be southbound.

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.