Training flight doing touch and go's has near midair collision with aircraft on straight in approach...

Attributes
ACN	180684
Time
Date	199106
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : rnt
State Reference	WA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : rnt
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : instructor
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 1900 flight time type : 1000
ASRS Report	180684
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time total : 110
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified cockpit
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 200 vertical : 100
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

After an IFR training flight, we had returned to rnt and were doing touch and go's in the pattern. On our third circuit, we were on downwind and the student turned base leg at the appropriate spot. Just as we were about to turn final, we noticed another aircraft below us and slightly south of us on final. We climbed slightly and continued our base leg and flew through centerline to avoid conflict. Tower then came up on radio and told us to turn southbound (we were using runway 33). The other pilot how had been cleared for straight in landing was furious and I was shaken. Although I believe we broke no rules since we had not landed yet, in the future I will secure our clearance or instructions while still on downwind. This is my normal practice and I had assumed that the PIC who was a 110 hour private pilot had already secured the clearance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TRAINING FLT DOING TOUCH AND GO'S HAS NMAC WITH ACFT ON STRAIGHT IN APCH.

Narrative: AFTER AN IFR TRNING FLT, WE HAD RETURNED TO RNT AND WERE DOING TOUCH AND GO'S IN THE PATTERN. ON OUR THIRD CIRCUIT, WE WERE ON DOWNWIND AND THE STUDENT TURNED BASE LEG AT THE APPROPRIATE SPOT. JUST AS WE WERE ABOUT TO TURN FINAL, WE NOTICED ANOTHER ACFT BELOW US AND SLIGHTLY S OF US ON FINAL. WE CLBED SLIGHTLY AND CONTINUED OUR BASE LEG AND FLEW THROUGH CENTERLINE TO AVOID CONFLICT. TWR THEN CAME UP ON RADIO AND TOLD US TO TURN SBND (WE WERE USING RWY 33). THE OTHER PLT HOW HAD BEEN CLRED FOR STRAIGHT IN LNDG WAS FURIOUS AND I WAS SHAKEN. ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE WE BROKE NO RULES SINCE WE HAD NOT LANDED YET, IN THE FUTURE I WILL SECURE OUR CLRNC OR INSTRUCTIONS WHILE STILL ON DOWNWIND. THIS IS MY NORMAL PRACTICE AND I HAD ASSUMED THAT THE PIC WHO WAS A 110 HR PVT PLT HAD ALREADY SECURED THE CLRNC.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.