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C182 pilot with a flight instructor returning from an FAA safety meeting have a near midair collision with a mooney aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 583947 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200306 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : uao.airport |
| State Reference | OR |
| Altitude | msl single value : 2300 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Mooney Aircraft Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | instruction : trainee |
| Qualification | pilot : private pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 695 flight time type : 119 |
| ASRS Report | 583947 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | instruction : instructor |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : nmac non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 200 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Airspace Structure |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
An instructor and I departed aurora, oregon, and were en route to salem. We had just attended an FAA sponsored safety meeting. This was my first visit with this instructor, and it was his first flight in my aircraft. I have an approach certified GPS with which he was not familiar, and from the time to take off until the flight ended, we discussed the aircraft, its equipment, my experience, and other flying issues. We were watching for other aircraft, but we were also quite attentive to each other and to aircraft familiarization. At the time of close passage to the other aircraft, I believe we were in a gentle climb. Our heading was constant. I could see the ground over the nose of the aircraft. I do not remember whether we had just decided to fly a practice instrument approach into salem or whether we were discussing aircraft equipment, but our attention was diverted from the path ahead and traffic watch to the inside of the cabin. I do not know how many seconds passed between my looking away from the path ahead to the inside of the cabin, but very quickly after I turned away from the windshield, the instructor said 'aircraft our altitude, descend.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C182 PLT WITH A FLT INSTRUCTOR RETURNING FROM AN FAA SAFETY MEETING HAVE A NMAC WITH A MOONEY ACFT.
Narrative: AN INSTRUCTOR AND I DEPARTED AURORA, OREGON, AND WERE ENRTE TO SALEM. WE HAD JUST ATTENDED AN FAA SPONSORED SAFETY MEETING. THIS WAS MY FIRST VISIT WITH THIS INSTRUCTOR, AND IT WAS HIS FIRST FLT IN MY ACFT. I HAVE AN APCH CERTIFIED GPS WITH WHICH HE WAS NOT FAMILIAR, AND FROM THE TIME TO TAKE OFF UNTIL THE FLT ENDED, WE DISCUSSED THE ACFT, ITS EQUIP, MY EXPERIENCE, AND OTHER FLYING ISSUES. WE WERE WATCHING FOR OTHER ACFT, BUT WE WERE ALSO QUITE ATTENTIVE TO EACH OTHER AND TO ACFT FAMILIARIZATION. AT THE TIME OF CLOSE PASSAGE TO THE OTHER ACFT, I BELIEVE WE WERE IN A GENTLE CLB. OUR HDG WAS CONSTANT. I COULD SEE THE GND OVER THE NOSE OF THE ACFT. I DO NOT REMEMBER WHETHER WE HAD JUST DECIDED TO FLY A PRACTICE INST APCH INTO SALEM OR WHETHER WE WERE DISCUSSING ACFT EQUIP, BUT OUR ATTN WAS DIVERTED FROM THE PATH AHEAD AND TFC WATCH TO THE INSIDE OF THE CABIN. I DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY SECONDS PASSED BTWN MY LOOKING AWAY FROM THE PATH AHEAD TO THE INSIDE OF THE CABIN, BUT VERY QUICKLY AFTER I TURNED AWAY FROM THE WINDSHIELD, THE INSTRUCTOR SAID 'ACFT OUR ALT, DSND.
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.