Narrative:

On jun/tue/94, I departed venice municipal airport on a flight to opa locka, fl. En route, I encountered severe WX and elected to return to venice airport. 5 mi from the airport I broadcast on unicom giving my position. At 2 mi I again broadcast my position stating I was inbound for a landing. At this time, a student stated he was south of the field returning. I made several attempts to contact this student to determine his relative position but he failed to reply. I then did a 360 degree turn looking for him but was unable to spot the aircraft. Normal training aircraft in this area are warrior/C152. It is not unusual for a student to grossly underestimate his distances and will call downwind 3-4 mi away. Feeling reasonably sure that this was the case, I entered downwind for runway 13. As I leveled out at 800 ft MSL, I saw this aircraft about 200 ft below me, climbing. At this point I elected for an extended downwind to clear the traffic. 1 mi south of the airport I turned base and announced my intention. In the base, approaching final, this same aircraft cut across my front at a 45 degree angle still at about 600 ft MSL. Still no radio contact. Again I had to turn to avoid the aircraft. At this point my entire attention was focused on traffic avoidance and I failed to complete my checklist. Gear up. I should have gone around and reinitiated the approach. Increased emphasis on radio work to students should be a priority and a lot of our students are foreign and have a marginal grasp of english and can't work the radios.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF AN SMA SEL LANDED GEAR UP AFTER DISTR FROM AN NMAC WITH ANOTHER SMA IN AN UNCTLED TFC PATTERN.

Narrative: ON JUN/TUE/94, I DEPARTED VENICE MUNICIPAL ARPT ON A FLT TO OPA LOCKA, FL. ENRTE, I ENCOUNTERED SEVERE WX AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO VENICE ARPT. 5 MI FROM THE ARPT I BROADCAST ON UNICOM GIVING MY POS. AT 2 MI I AGAIN BROADCAST MY POS STATING I WAS INBOUND FOR A LNDG. AT THIS TIME, A STUDENT STATED HE WAS S OF THE FIELD RETURNING. I MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THIS STUDENT TO DETERMINE HIS RELATIVE POS BUT HE FAILED TO REPLY. I THEN DID A 360 DEG TURN LOOKING FOR HIM BUT WAS UNABLE TO SPOT THE ACFT. NORMAL TRAINING ACFT IN THIS AREA ARE WARRIOR/C152. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR A STUDENT TO GROSSLY UNDERESTIMATE HIS DISTANCES AND WILL CALL DOWNWIND 3-4 MI AWAY. FEELING REASONABLY SURE THAT THIS WAS THE CASE, I ENTERED DOWNWIND FOR RWY 13. AS I LEVELED OUT AT 800 FT MSL, I SAW THIS ACFT ABOUT 200 FT BELOW ME, CLBING. AT THIS POINT I ELECTED FOR AN EXTENDED DOWNWIND TO CLR THE TFC. 1 MI S OF THE ARPT I TURNED BASE AND ANNOUNCED MY INTENTION. IN THE BASE, APCHING FINAL, THIS SAME ACFT CUT ACROSS MY FRONT AT A 45 DEG ANGLE STILL AT ABOUT 600 FT MSL. STILL NO RADIO CONTACT. AGAIN I HAD TO TURN TO AVOID THE ACFT. AT THIS POINT MY ENTIRE ATTN WAS FOCUSED ON TFC AVOIDANCE AND I FAILED TO COMPLETE MY CHKLIST. GEAR UP. I SHOULD HAVE GONE AROUND AND REINITIATED THE APCH. INCREASED EMPHASIS ON RADIO WORK TO STUDENTS SHOULD BE A PRIORITY AND A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE FOREIGN AND HAVE A MARGINAL GRASP OF ENGLISH AND CAN'T WORK THE RADIOS.

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.