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Ercoupe pilot reported excessive traffic and radio congestion at a non-towered field that resulted in a near midair collision.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1688953 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201909 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10 Flight Crew Total 25000 Flight Crew Type 130 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 500 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
I was inbound to ZZZ airport; about 5 miles northeast. I reported my position on the CTAF and that I was planning a left downwind entry for the active runway. There was a fair number of trainer aircraft in the vicinity of the airport as well as numerous aircraft in the vicinity of the VOR executing practice instrument approaches. A light twin announced that he was upwind off of runway X; then crosswind. Since I knew that his departure could result in a possible conflict; I maintained extra caution and vigilance. Even so; I did not see the northbound aircraft until it was above the horizon; about 1/8 mile away. There wasn't enough time for evasive action; the aircraft passed behind me.this kind of incident may be a precursor to possible in-flight collisions at this airport because of very heavy training activity with many non-standard operations. Exacerbating the situation was the fact that numerous training aircraft over the VOR (7 miles to the southwest) were communicating with each other with information on altitudes; distances away from the fix; type of approaches they were doing; all on the CTAF for ZZZ. All of this continuous radio chatter precluded my opportunity to announce my position as I entered downwind; and may have been a factor as to why the other aircraft failed to see my aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Ercoupe pilot reported excessive traffic and radio congestion at a non-towered field that resulted in a NMAC.
Narrative: I was inbound to ZZZ airport; about 5 miles northeast. I reported my position on the CTAF and that I was planning a left downwind entry for the active runway. There was a fair number of trainer aircraft in the vicinity of the airport as well as numerous aircraft in the vicinity of the VOR executing practice instrument approaches. A light twin announced that he was upwind off of Runway X; then crosswind. Since I knew that his departure could result in a possible conflict; I maintained extra caution and vigilance. Even so; I did not see the northbound aircraft until it was above the horizon; about 1/8 mile away. There wasn't enough time for evasive action; the aircraft passed behind me.This kind of incident may be a precursor to possible in-flight collisions at this airport because of very heavy training activity with many non-standard operations. Exacerbating the situation was the fact that numerous training aircraft over the VOR (7 miles to the southwest) were communicating with each other with information on altitudes; distances away from the fix; type of approaches they were doing; all on the CTAF for ZZZ. All of this continuous radio chatter precluded my opportunity to announce my position as I entered downwind; and may have been a factor as to why the other aircraft failed to see my aircraft.
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.