Narrative:

North american P51D contacted ind approach just off of mqj and informed approach that I was landing ind. Approach then gave a code to squawk and I was told to expect runway 23L, but no heading to fly or altitude to maintain to my recollection. I requested a 360 degree overhead approach to which the controller said that he would check with the tower and which was subsequently approved and I was told to contact the ind tower controller. Upon contact with the tower control, he said I could expect the overhead break and that I was #2 to follow traffic 12 - 1 O'clock position, and I believe he said it was a beech 1900. I sighted the traffic approximately 3-4 mi ahead of and to the right of me and advised the tower controller that I had the traffic in sight. The tower controller said that I was #2 for runway 23L. The controller did not tell me to follow the aircraft, maintain visual separation with that aircraft or give me any guidance at all, just that I was #2. I was approximately on a 2 mi final when the tower controller asked if I was going to overtake the other aircraft. I responded 'I can do a 360 degree turn if you want.' then the controller asked if I still had that traffic in sight, to which I replied, 'no I don't have the traffic.' the controller then told me to make a left turn and that the traffic was 200 ft below me. There was no indication by the controller of any urgency when I was told to make the turn. It was at this time that the pilot of the other aft said that I had just passed 100 ft over him and that he was responding to an RA that he had received on his TCASII. After initiating a left turn, the tower controller cleared me to land on runway 23L. While I was taxiing in, the ground controller asked me to give them a call.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA P51 PLT ACKNOWLEDGES THEN OVERFLIES TFC HE'S CLRED TO FOLLOW.

Narrative: NORTH AMERICAN P51D CONTACTED IND APCH JUST OFF OF MQJ AND INFORMED APCH THAT I WAS LNDG IND. APCH THEN GAVE A CODE TO SQUAWK AND I WAS TOLD TO EXPECT RWY 23L, BUT NO HDG TO FLY OR ALT TO MAINTAIN TO MY RECOLLECTION. I REQUESTED A 360 DEG OVERHEAD APCH TO WHICH THE CTLR SAID THAT HE WOULD CHK WITH THE TWR AND WHICH WAS SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED AND I WAS TOLD TO CONTACT THE IND TWR CTLR. UPON CONTACT WITH THE TWR CTL, HE SAID I COULD EXPECT THE OVERHEAD BREAK AND THAT I WAS #2 TO FOLLOW TFC 12 - 1 O'CLOCK POS, AND I BELIEVE HE SAID IT WAS A BEECH 1900. I SIGHTED THE TFC APPROX 3-4 MI AHEAD OF AND TO THE R OF ME AND ADVISED THE TWR CTLR THAT I HAD THE TFC IN SIGHT. THE TWR CTLR SAID THAT I WAS #2 FOR RWY 23L. THE CTLR DID NOT TELL ME TO FOLLOW THE ACFT, MAINTAIN VISUAL SEPARATION WITH THAT ACFT OR GIVE ME ANY GUIDANCE AT ALL, JUST THAT I WAS #2. I WAS APPROX ON A 2 MI FINAL WHEN THE TWR CTLR ASKED IF I WAS GOING TO OVERTAKE THE OTHER ACFT. I RESPONDED 'I CAN DO A 360 DEG TURN IF YOU WANT.' THEN THE CTLR ASKED IF I STILL HAD THAT TFC IN SIGHT, TO WHICH I REPLIED, 'NO I DON'T HAVE THE TFC.' THE CTLR THEN TOLD ME TO MAKE A L TURN AND THAT THE TFC WAS 200 FT BELOW ME. THERE WAS NO INDICATION BY THE CTLR OF ANY URGENCY WHEN I WAS TOLD TO MAKE THE TURN. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT THE PLT OF THE OTHER AFT SAID THAT I HAD JUST PASSED 100 FT OVER HIM AND THAT HE WAS RESPONDING TO AN RA THAT HE HAD RECEIVED ON HIS TCASII. AFTER INITIATING A L TURN, THE TWR CTLR CLRED ME TO LAND ON RWY 23L. WHILE I WAS TAXIING IN, THE GND CTLR ASKED ME TO GIVE THEM A CALL.

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.