C172 trainee on first solo flight had near midair collision at cos.

Attributes
ACN	476571
Time
Date	200006
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cos.airport
State Reference	CO
Altitude	agl single value : 300
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : cos.tower
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	None
Aircraft 2
Controlling Facilities	tower : cos.tower
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : student
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 18 flight time total : 18 flight time type : 18
ASRS Report	476571
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac inflight encounter : wake turbulence non adherence : clearance non adherence : required legal separation other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : executed missed approach none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Around XA30 jun/xa/00, I was on final during my first solo for a landing on runway 17R in aircraft X and I heard somebody say something about a short approach, and then a second later I saw a plane come out from 'underneath' me and partially from the left, so I figured it was the aircraft that was on short approach. Then I heard somebody say 'go around' from the tower, so I thought it might be me, and then tower said 'aircraft X still clear to land' or something like that, so I kept my descent a little high of runway 17R, and then I hit some turbulence and my instructor pilot told me later he thought it was 'propeller wash.' it lifted me up and then dumped me down to the right and I felt like I was in a spin down and to the right and almost inverted, so I panicked for a second and then hit full left rudder and it straightened me out and I told tower I was on the go around. They said I was still clear to land but I just said I'm still going around because I was to the right of the runway and was not prepared to land at all. I went around and as I was climbing out and entering right traffic for runway 17R. I heard people talking back and forth (which I assumed to be tower with the plane that was near me) and they said that he needed to land and then call the tower to talk it over. I heard the other plane say something about 'not being switched over to tower' or something like that, so that is why we never heard anything from the other plane until they were close to the runway on their short approach.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 TRAINEE ON FIRST SOLO FLT HAD NMAC AT COS.

Narrative: AROUND XA30 JUN/XA/00, I WAS ON FINAL DURING MY FIRST SOLO FOR A LNDG ON RWY 17R IN ACFT X AND I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY SOMETHING ABOUT A SHORT APCH, AND THEN A SECOND LATER I SAW A PLANE COME OUT FROM 'UNDERNEATH' ME AND PARTIALLY FROM THE L, SO I FIGURED IT WAS THE ACFT THAT WAS ON SHORT APCH. THEN I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY 'GO AROUND' FROM THE TWR, SO I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE ME, AND THEN TWR SAID 'ACFT X STILL CLR TO LAND' OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO I KEPT MY DSCNT A LITTLE HIGH OF RWY 17R, AND THEN I HIT SOME TURB AND MY INSTRUCTOR PLT TOLD ME LATER HE THOUGHT IT WAS 'PROP WASH.' IT LIFTED ME UP AND THEN DUMPED ME DOWN TO THE R AND I FELT LIKE I WAS IN A SPIN DOWN AND TO THE R AND ALMOST INVERTED, SO I PANICKED FOR A SECOND AND THEN HIT FULL L RUDDER AND IT STRAIGHTENED ME OUT AND I TOLD TWR I WAS ON THE GAR. THEY SAID I WAS STILL CLR TO LAND BUT I JUST SAID I'M STILL GOING AROUND BECAUSE I WAS TO THE R OF THE RWY AND WAS NOT PREPARED TO LAND AT ALL. I WENT AROUND AND AS I WAS CLBING OUT AND ENTERING R TFC FOR RWY 17R. I HEARD PEOPLE TALKING BACK AND FORTH (WHICH I ASSUMED TO BE TWR WITH THE PLANE THAT WAS NEAR ME) AND THEY SAID THAT HE NEEDED TO LAND AND THEN CALL THE TWR TO TALK IT OVER. I HEARD THE OTHER PLANE SAY SOMETHING ABOUT 'NOT BEING SWITCHED OVER TO TWR' OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO THAT IS WHY WE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING FROM THE OTHER PLANE UNTIL THEY WERE CLOSE TO THE RWY ON THEIR SHORT APCH.

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.