Narrative:

Monterey approach vectored us for r-hand traffic runway 28L from the north and handed us off to tower. Tower cleared us to land and for the first time when we were base to final issued traffic, a mooney at our '1-2 O'clock position, 2700 ft.' we saw no traffic at the time when controller told us to 'stop turn.' traffic was on final for runway 28R, and at our 11 O'clock position, not 2 O'clock position as controller had indicated, and passed above and left. When we spotted traffic we began a descent and initiated a left turn, our shortest turn to stop our convergence and also toward lower terrain. Our altitude then 1900+/- ft. We continued our turn 270 degrees and landed without incident. It appears that the local controller misjudged our relative speeds and thought we would be ahead of the mooney in our sequence to the airport, crossing his approach path ahead of him. Controller also issued traffic alert azimuth incorrectly. Actually, we were at his (the mooney's) 1-2 O'clock position, not he at ours. We never heard the controller talking to the mooney or any response from the pilot of that aircraft. Frequently monterey approach will issue landing clrncs -- perhaps he forgot to retune.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LTT JET CHARTER IS GIVEN WRONG AZIMUTH IN A TFC POINTOUT AND IS ULTIMATELY VECTORED INTO AN NMAC WITH A MOONEY.

Narrative: MONTEREY APCH VECTORED US FOR R-HAND TFC RWY 28L FROM THE N AND HANDED US OFF TO TWR. TWR CLRED US TO LAND AND FOR THE FIRST TIME WHEN WE WERE BASE TO FINAL ISSUED TFC, A MOONEY AT OUR '1-2 O'CLOCK POS, 2700 FT.' WE SAW NO TFC AT THE TIME WHEN CTLR TOLD US TO 'STOP TURN.' TFC WAS ON FINAL FOR RWY 28R, AND AT OUR 11 O'CLOCK POS, NOT 2 O'CLOCK POS AS CTLR HAD INDICATED, AND PASSED ABOVE AND L. WHEN WE SPOTTED TFC WE BEGAN A DSCNT AND INITIATED A L TURN, OUR SHORTEST TURN TO STOP OUR CONVERGENCE AND ALSO TOWARD LOWER TERRAIN. OUR ALT THEN 1900+/- FT. WE CONTINUED OUR TURN 270 DEGS AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. IT APPEARS THAT THE LCL CTLR MISJUDGED OUR RELATIVE SPDS AND THOUGHT WE WOULD BE AHEAD OF THE MOONEY IN OUR SEQUENCE TO THE ARPT, XING HIS APCH PATH AHEAD OF HIM. CTLR ALSO ISSUED TFC ALERT AZIMUTH INCORRECTLY. ACTUALLY, WE WERE AT HIS (THE MOONEY'S) 1-2 O'CLOCK POS, NOT HE AT OURS. WE NEVER HEARD THE CTLR TALKING TO THE MOONEY OR ANY RESPONSE FROM THE PLT OF THAT ACFT. FREQUENTLY MONTEREY APCH WILL ISSUE LNDG CLRNCS -- PERHAPS HE FORGOT TO RETUNE.

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.