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Instructor pilot reported a near midair collision with a parachute drop plane that made a nonstandard entry into the traffic pattern.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1734751 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202003 |
| Local Time Of Day | ZZZ |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Light Sport Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | Other entering traffic pattern |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 250 Flight Crew Type 225 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict NMAC Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
| Miss Distance | Horizontal 250 Vertical 0 |
Narrative:
I was training a student out of ZZZ; which happens to be a parachute drop airport as well. After training; about 40 minutes doing landings; the drop plane began to make a descent.I was making calls for every phase of the traffic pattern (crosswind; downwind; etc.) when I get an alert for traffic. I look out to my right when I see the drop plane on a collision course with my student and myself (we are abeam the numbers on downwind). I make a call on the radio informing the pilot that the correct entry is midfield downwind and that he is less than 300 ft. From colliding with my aircraft. The jump plane spiraled down from 5000 ft.+ MSL to 1600 ft. MSL in a matter of a couple minutes and tried to enter a short base for the runway. If the plane entered the pattern at midfield downwind; this could've been avoided.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Instructor pilot reported a NMAC with a parachute drop plane that made a nonstandard entry into the traffic pattern.
Narrative: I was training a student out of ZZZ; which happens to be a parachute drop airport as well. After training; about 40 minutes doing landings; the drop plane began to make a descent.I was making calls for every phase of the traffic pattern (crosswind; downwind; etc.) when I get an alert for traffic. I look out to my right when I see the drop plane on a collision course with my student and myself (we are abeam the numbers on downwind). I make a call on the radio informing the pilot that the correct entry is midfield downwind and that he is less than 300 ft. from colliding with my aircraft. The jump plane spiraled down from 5000 ft.+ MSL to 1600 ft. MSL in a matter of a couple minutes and tried to enter a short base for the runway. If the plane entered the pattern at midfield downwind; this could've been avoided.
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.