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PA-28R pilot reported an near midair collision with another light aircraft in the vicinity of ffz airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1480049 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201709 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | FFZ.Airport |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28R Cherokee Arrow All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Other Clearing turns |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Trainee |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 19 Flight Crew Total 292 Flight Crew Type 254 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 500 Vertical 100 |
Narrative:
During my check ride for CFI initial; while performing a wind drift circle; we had a near mid-air collision with a cessna 172. While performing the wind drift circle at approximately 2;600 ft MSL my dpe (designated pilot examiner) and I noticed at the same time; a shadow of an aircraft on the ground approximately 30 degrees off the nose. I looked up and saw the aircraft and stopped the wind drift circle and flew away from it. The aircraft; when I saw it; was around 100-200 feet above and 500 feet horizontal. I called on the radio after leveling off and stated my position and intentions and the pilot in the other aircraft replied 'yeah; I just flew over you. Didn't you see me? I'm doing ground reference maneuvers over the orchards' (the orchards were where we were). I stated that I was sorry and had just seen him as he flew over and that I fly to another location to do the maneuver that I was setting up for. At no point do I recollect hearing any call from the other aircraft before the near midair collision nor after; until I spoke on the radio.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA-28R pilot reported an NMAC with another light aircraft in the vicinity of FFZ airport.
Narrative: During my check ride for CFI Initial; while performing a wind drift circle; we had a Near Mid-Air Collision with a Cessna 172. While performing the wind drift circle at approximately 2;600 FT MSL my DPE (Designated Pilot Examiner) and I noticed at the same time; a shadow of an aircraft on the ground approximately 30 degrees off the nose. I looked up and saw the aircraft and stopped the wind drift circle and flew away from it. The aircraft; when I saw it; was around 100-200 feet above and 500 feet horizontal. I called on the radio after leveling off and stated my position and intentions and the pilot in the other aircraft replied 'Yeah; I just flew over you. Didn't you see me? I'm doing ground reference maneuvers over the orchards' (the orchards were where we were). I stated that I was sorry and had just seen him as he flew over and that I fly to another location to do the maneuver that I was setting up for. At no point do I recollect hearing any call from the other aircraft before the NMAC nor after; until I spoke on the radio.
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.