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Attributes | |
ACN | 1564471 |
Time | |
Date | 201807 |
Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
State Reference | US |
Environment | |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Light Sport Aircraft |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Flight Phase | Cruise |
Flight Plan | None |
Aircraft 2 | |
Make Model Name | Amateur/Home Built/Experimental |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
Person 1 | |
Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 1000 Flight Crew Type 850 |
Events | |
Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR |
Miss Distance | Horizontal 200 Vertical 100 |
Narrative:
While practicing maneuvers at approximately 2;000 feet while on flight following; [TRACON] advised us that an aircraft was moving at 130 knots behind us and that we should turn immediately to the south. We did so. The other aircraft then followed us in the left turn. We continued to try to evade them by turning tighter and lowering our altitude. The other aircraft continued to follow us. I was extremely concerned they were trying to hit us intentionally. I asked [TRACON] if we could be cleared into class B airspace because we could not get away from them. They denied our request. I asked the controller if they were talking to the other aircraft; he said they were not. I asked if I could get any information about the aircraft; the controller said; since the aircraft was squawking VFR; they had no information on the aircraft. I later asked the controller if there was anything we could do to report the incident and he said there was not.when we returned to [our home airport] I heard [another pilot] reporting inbound from the area we were just in. I suspected it might be him. When he landed I approached the pilot of aircraft Y. He immediately asked if we were just in [the area] doing circles. I asked if that was him following us in the turns. He said it was. I told him that it was extremely dangerous and that he scared my student and I a lot.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: LSA pilot reported that he was unable to avoid another aircraft following his aircraft.
Narrative: While practicing maneuvers at approximately 2;000 feet while on Flight Following; [TRACON] advised us that an aircraft was moving at 130 knots behind us and that we should turn immediately to the South. We did so. The other aircraft then followed us in the left turn. We continued to try to evade them by turning tighter and lowering our altitude. The other aircraft continued to follow us. I was extremely concerned they were trying to hit us intentionally. I asked [TRACON] if we could be cleared into Class B airspace because we could not get away from them. They denied our request. I asked the controller if they were talking to the other aircraft; he said they were not. I asked if I could get any information about the aircraft; the controller said; since the aircraft was squawking VFR; they had no information on the aircraft. I later asked the controller if there was anything we could do to report the incident and he said there was not.When we returned to [our home airport] I heard [another pilot] reporting inbound from the area we were just in. I suspected it might be him. When he landed I approached the pilot of Aircraft Y. He immediately asked if we were just in [the area] doing circles. I asked if that was him following us in the turns. He said it was. I told him that it was extremely dangerous and that he scared my student and I a lot.
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.