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RV12 pilot reported an near midair collision with another light aircraft in the pattern at an uncontrolled airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1653339 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201906 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | RV-12 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | J3 Cub |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Route In Use | None |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Military 2 Air Traffic Control Radar 7 Air Traffic Control Supervisory 22 Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 1130 Flight Crew Type 20 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 300 Vertical 100 |
Narrative:
I had been doing pattern work on runway xx for about 45 minutes. All radio calls were made for each phase of flight; including upwind. As I was doing my sweep for traffic on final; and announcing at the same time; as my scan moved from the right back to forward; I noticed aircraft Y just below me on a straight in approach to runway xx. I immediately pulled up and turned right. I continued the right turn back to final and saw aircraft Y landing on runway xx. No radio announcements were made by aircraft Y. At the altitude I was above aircraft Y; I did not feel like we would have hit at that time; but had I not been above him and not able to see him; we very well could have hit as we got closer to the runway.while not required to fly a standard pattern by entering the pattern level on the 45; I believe requiring this type of pattern entry would increase safety. Just flying straight in with no radio calls; and without any regard for traffic in the pattern creates a hazardous situation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RV12 pilot reported an NMAC with another light aircraft in the pattern at an uncontrolled airport.
Narrative: I had been doing pattern work on RWY XX for about 45 minutes. All radio calls were made for each phase of flight; including upwind. As I was doing my sweep for traffic on final; and announcing at the same time; as my scan moved from the right back to forward; I noticed Aircraft Y just below me on a straight in approach to RWY XX. I immediately pulled up and turned right. I continued the right turn back to final and saw Aircraft Y landing on RWY XX. No radio announcements were made by Aircraft Y. At the altitude I was above Aircraft Y; I did not feel like we would have hit at that time; but had I not been above him and not able to see him; we very well could have hit as we got closer to the runway.While not required to fly a standard pattern by entering the pattern level on the 45; I believe requiring this type of pattern entry would increase safety. Just flying straight in with no radio calls; and without any regard for traffic in the pattern creates a hazardous situation.
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.