Narrative:

Flying departure leg; turning right crosswind runway 25 orl had near mid air collision with aircraft Y. Aircraft Y was returning from the northwest; through a line of thunderstorms while making transmissions of reduced visibility and entered the traffic pattern for a left base runway 7 at orlando executive airport when runway 25 was in use. Evasive action was taken to prevent a head-on collision. [We] did have the traffic in sight. The control tower did not address the issue on frequency.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: General Aviation instructor pilot reported a NMAC event with a small aircraft during departure from ORL airport. The instructor cited reduced visibility as a contributing factor.

Narrative: Flying departure leg; turning right crosswind Runway 25 ORL had near mid air collision with Aircraft Y. Aircraft Y was returning from the northwest; through a line of thunderstorms while making transmissions of reduced visibility and entered the traffic pattern for a left base Runway 7 at Orlando Executive Airport when Runway 25 was in use. Evasive action was taken to prevent a head-on collision. [We] did have the traffic in sight. The control tower did not address the issue on frequency.

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.