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PA-28 flight instructor reported an airborne conflict in the traffic pattern at a tower controlled airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1595217 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201811 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 228.4 Flight Crew Total 595.1 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict |
Narrative:
I conducted an instrument training flight with my student in a piper cherokee. I noticed the cloud layers were relatively low and decided to file an IFR flight plan for our flight. We did two practice approaches and a GPS hold. The flight was conducted without incident until the last approach into ZZZ on the RNAV (GPS) zz IAP. We had been cleared to switch from ZZZ approach to the ZZZ tower frequency. We checked in with ZZZ tower and were told to continue on the approach. Several minutes later; after we had passed the final approach fix; zzzzz; a skyhawk turned onto final from our right side cutting right in front of us with very little space between our aircraft and the skyhawk. I immediately notified the tower. They apologized but did not give us any instruction to separate the skyhawk from our aircraft. I asked again 'what would you like us to do?' the tower gave instructions to a different skyhawk which was not the aircraft that had cut us off. I made a decision to break off the approach and make a left 360 to evade the skyhawk. I notified tower and they acknowledged. We rejoined the final approach and landed without incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA-28 Flight Instructor reported an airborne conflict in the traffic pattern at a Tower controlled airport.
Narrative: I conducted an instrument training flight with my student in a Piper Cherokee. I noticed the cloud layers were relatively low and decided to file an IFR flight plan for our flight. We did two practice approaches and a GPS hold. The flight was conducted without incident until the last approach into ZZZ on the RNAV (GPS) ZZ IAP. We had been cleared to switch from ZZZ Approach to the ZZZ Tower frequency. We checked in with ZZZ Tower and were told to continue on the approach. Several minutes later; after we had passed the final approach fix; ZZZZZ; a Skyhawk turned onto final from our right side cutting right in front of us with very little space between our aircraft and the Skyhawk. I immediately notified the Tower. They apologized but did not give us any instruction to separate the Skyhawk from our aircraft. I asked again 'what would you like us to do?' The Tower gave instructions to a different Skyhawk which was not the aircraft that had cut us off. I made a decision to break off the approach and make a left 360 to evade the Skyhawk. I notified Tower and they acknowledged. We rejoined the final approach and landed without incident.
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.